The research, published in Nature Human Behavior, analyzed MRI scans from over 1,000 children to map how different brain ...

University of North Carolina-led researchers have used brain connectivity charts built from functional MRI data as a tool for tracking early childhood brain development. Charts mapped the ...

Human development is influenced by, but not entirely determined by, our parents and our genes. Children may have very different personalities, and different strengths and weaknesses, than the ...

In early childhood, growth charts are used to monitor the height, weight and head circumference, serving as a screening tool to identify physical development. During this window of time, between early ...

Children in Iraq have very different opportunities for healthy development based on factors beyond their control. There are substantial differences in the opportunities children have in terms of ...

Prior to the civil conflict, children in Syria had unequal opportunities of healthy development, based on factors beyond their control. There are substantial differences in the opportunities children ...