2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (678+ words) Summary: Evaluating a massive cohort of nearly 6,000 youth, the investigators discovered that a child’s raw amygdala activity when viewing emotional faces acts as an isolated biological crystal ball, accurately predicting their quantitative peer involvement exactly two years later. Crucially, this…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (617+ words) Source: University of Georgia Testosterone may play a bigger role in the emotional development of girls entering puberty than previously thought, according to new research from the University of Georgia. Higher levels of change in the hormone were linked to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (132+ words) They tested the device using artificial human tears, where it accurately detected a range of dopamine concentrations. The technology could support the development of new tools for monitoring Parkinson’s disease and other conditions linked to atypical dopamine levels. What your…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (383+ words) Summary: A new study demonstrated that women who endured Nazi persecution as young girls passed a significantly elevated risk of psychiatric illness to their children born decades after World War II. Specifically, children born to mothers who were older than age…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (400+ words) Summary: Researchers tracked brain activity patterns in participants before and after they watched multiple episodes of a narrative drama. Using Representational Similarity Analysis (RSA) on functional MRI (fMRI) data, the team discovered that our neural architecture is profoundly sensitive to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (302+ words) A new study has examined just how mothers influence the size of their child’s head – and as a result, its brain size and future IQ – during the first trimester of their pregnancy. The evidence for this rests on indirect studies…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (618+ words) The human brain evolved for a world of familiar faces, immediate threats and small social groups. But the world around us is changing far faster than human biology can keep pace. That mismatch may help explain some of the stress,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (290+ words) When moms were slower to vocally respond to their 1-yr-old baby’s vocalizations, the child was more likely to have been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder by age 7, in a new study published July 1, 2026 in the open access journal PLOS One…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (478+ words) Summary: In a definitive, long-term epidemiological study, researchers successfully settled the debate. By analyzing more than 700,000 mother-child pairs across more than two decades of data, researchers utilized a rigorous sibling-matched design, directly comparing brothers and sisters where one was exposed…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (397+ words) Summary: The psychological and emotional alliance formed between a mother and her child during infancy serves as the neurological bedrock for a child’s long-term cognitive and behavioral development. However, a significant clinical phenomenon known as Mother-to-Infant Bonding Difficulties (MIBD) can…...