The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at UMass Chan Medical School is completing the first phase of data collection for a longitudinal study of the baby's developing social brain. Subscribe to our ...

Scientists studying human development are working to improve equipment to learn how babies' brains develop. A team at ...

As teens spend less time with their friends in person, scientists are beginning to uncover how isolation may affect the developing “social brain." Here’s what we know—and when parents should be ...

Newborn babies have a lot to learn, they look at new things, react to certain stimuli that can draw a reaction like crying or laughing. But is there more to their reaction than we know? Babies are far ...

A generation growing up with algorithmic feeds is not suffering “brain damage,” but their attention, emotions and habits are being shaped in powerful ways. For many families, the first smartphone or ...

Research on intricate and multifaceted social situations has looked into the lives of children placed in orphanages and the impact of this orphanage placement on their holistic development and lives ...

Helping students make meaning of what they’ve witnessed, and the larger societal context, may actually help the brain heal, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Kori Street write. On Sept. 10, a public ...

In previous blogs, I have discussed how AI and digital technology might be used to enhance education, but can also be harmful. In this blog we will explore how overuse of AI in education and exposure ...

According to psychotherapist Riwa Haidar, studies have shown that social media use can negatively affect the mental health ...