New research suggests the foundations for reading success begin in toddlerhood. Learn how talking, reading, and word play can ...

Amanda Guyer, professor in the Department of Human Ecology and a faculty researcher at the Center for Mind and Brain, is ...

Researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have created one of the largest reference models ever developed ...

Researchers have discovered a new way that brain plasticity is controlled in early life, offering insight into the little-understood phenomenon of critical-period closure. In the months or years after ...

A new study is shedding light on how depressive symptoms in adolescents may develop differently among boys and girls.

Experts say an infant’s laughter is an important developmental marker, offering a window into brain development and a child’s ...

Computer programming powers modern society and enabled the artificial intelligence revolution, but little is known about how our brains learn this essential skill. To help answer that question, Johns ...

Changes in some brain regions linked girls to symptoms like poor self-esteem, while boys experienced tiredness. Read more at ...