Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's brain develops, with effects ...

In utero SARS-CoV-2 exposure may predispose children to altered brain volumes, impaired cognition, and internalizing ...

Toddlers who spend hours in front of a screen are more likely to suffer anxiety issues as teenagers, warns new research. Long ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before the age of two show measurable changes in brain development that are associated with slower d e c i s i o n – m a k i n g in childhood and ...

Many parents think that a newborn will respond to sounds as they get older, but hearing problems often go unnoticed. Early ...

Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

BBC Radio 4's Today will follow six parents for five years, chronicling the ups and downs of looking after a young child in ...

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

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age two showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

As a growing number of schools ban phones because of concerns about how they could affect mental health, a new study warns ...