Premature brains develop differently in boys and girls
New research shows effects of prematurity to be more severe for male brains than female brains.
Living with neighborhood violence may shape teens’ brains
For kids living in picket-fence suburbia, these experiences might be rare. But for their peers in urban poverty, they are all too commonplace.
Brain development influenced by the immune system
University of Queensland researchers have highlighted a link between fetal brain development and the origins of developmental diseases such as schizophrenia.