Infant sleep patterns and emotional regulation are important for healthy development, but it is challenging to get real-time insights into infant behavior. Researchers at the University of Illinois ...

As Mental Health Awareness Month continues in May, Georgia leaders and child development experts are emphasizing the ...

Don’t use baby talk with babies and toddlers. Instead, caregivers are often encouraged to speak properly and use adultlike ...

In a comprehensive Genomic Press research article, scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain connections shape infant emotional development, potentially offering new ...

As toddlers age into the preschool years, their dependency on their parents usually begins to ebb. However, a new study led ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

CU Boulder researcher Emily Yeo finds that some babies may benefit from more support and resources so they can grow up to lead long, happy and healthy lives In an ideal world, every baby would be born ...

Speech learning boost: Infants learned multi-syllable speech sequences faster when caregivers responded to their complex vocalizations. Birds mirror humans: Zebra finches showed similar gains from ...