This is because the part of their brain that manages these process doesn’t mature as quickly as the rest of the body. Most ...

Think your brain is too old to learn new tricks, let alone keep cognitive decline at bay? Think again. Research featured in ...

Those changes occur on a near-weekly basis. While total grey matter volume and cortical thickness decrease throughout ...

While the brain typically reaches a mature state of development in early adulthood, the internal processes that make and remake the brain—the birth of new neurons and death of old ones ...

This final part of the brain to mature is responsible for executive functions such as decision-making, impulse control, reasoning, and considering consequences. “The ability to plan, abstract ...

Early-life adversity affects more than half of the world's children and is a significant risk factor for cognitive and mental health problems later in life. In an extensive and up-to-the-minute review ...

While total grey matter volume and cortical thickness decrease throughout pregnancy, researchers believe these changes may be “a second stage of brain maturing”, like the remodelling and ...