neurodevelopment
Low-Birth-Weight Infants Linked to Later Cognitive Decline
Summary: Giving birth to low-birth-weight infants may be associated with memory and thinking problems later in life. The research, involving ...
Dad’s Diet Before Conception Affects Kids’ Health
Summary: A father’s diet before conception can impact his children’s health, particularly their susceptibility to metabolic diseases. The study, using ...
Brain Training in Kids Shows No Real-World Benefits
Summary: Brain training exercises for children do not significantly improve their cognitive control, academic performance, or delay gratification. The research ...
Autism Severity Linked to Fetal Brain Growth Patterns
Summary: Brain overgrowth in utero may explain the varying severity of autism in children. Researchers used brain organoids from toddlers ...
Wearable Scanner Maps Children’s Brain Activity
Summary: Researchers used a wearable MEG scanner to map brain activity in young children, providing new insights into brain development ...
Internet Addiction Disrupts Adolescent Brain Networks
Summary: A new study reviewed neuroimaging research on internet addiction in adolescents, revealing disrupted brain signaling in critical neural networks. ...
Early Autism Diagnosis Enhanced by Eye-Tracking Technology
Summary: Eye-tracking biomarkers can improve autism diagnosis in children. Combining eye-tracking with primary care evaluations increased diagnostic accuracy to 91% ...
Prenatal Amphetamine Exposure Impacts Brain Development
Summary: A new study used C. elegans to study the long-term effects of amphetamine exposure during embryogenesis, finding significant alterations ...
Teen Social Networks Influence Mental Health Disorder Spread
Summary: Researchers found that mental disorders can spread within school social networks. By analyzing data from over 700,000 Finnish ninth-graders, ...
Key Brain Differences in Autistic Boys and Girls Identified
Summary: Researchers discovered significant sex-specific differences in brain development between autistic boys and girls aged 2-13. The study found that ...
