Macaques are often studied because their brains share many similarities with human brains. However, this study revealed an ...

Air pollution during pregnancy linked to fetal brain structure changes Nitrogen dioxide and black carbon exposure alters brain cavity size Prenatal environment plays a critical role in ...

SEATTLE, WASH. — November 5, 2025 — A global consortium of scientists has created the first and most detailed “developmental maps” of the mammalian brain (from mouse to human) to date, taking the ...

Researchers have developed a new way to decipher the language of the brain by listening to and recording the fastest and ...

NIBIB-funded researchers at the University of Washington have pioneered an approach to image functional activity in the brains of individual fetuses, allowing a better look at how functional networks ...

Scientists have determined that how the brain shape changes with age could indicate early signs of dementia. Experts are finding that the best way to understand how the brain ages is not by examining ...

Think your brain is fully developed at 25? Discover the surprising truth about brain development into your 30s and how ...

At first glance, the human brain might appear to be a marvel of engineering—a seamless interface for sensory input, cognitive control, and motor output. But if you peer beneath its sophisticated ...

The human brain goes through five major eras of structural changes over a lifetime -- marked by turning points at ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 -- as it rewires to support varied ways of thinking as one ...

Scientists are discovering that our tendency to develop certain phobias might be written in our DNA before we even encounter the things that terrify us. Evidence from twin studies suggests that ...

A long-term study shows how screen time in babies may alter brain development and increase vulnerability to anxiety years ...

“My mum was diagnosed with dementia in her late 60s, in about 2017 so that was definitely the catalyst for me to become involved in this area,” Broatch says. “We know that exercise is really good for ...