A new study led by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) found that early-life exposure to ...

Scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain connections shape infant emotional development, potentially offering new ways to identify children at risk for future ...

The human development minor is useful for students planning a career in the human services (such as teaching, social work or occupational therapy) and majoring in other disciplines. The minor allows ...

But this research also shows that some patterns are easier to identify, suggesting that the development of human language may have been shaped by what infants could learn.

Changes in the gut microbiota of infants preceded the development of eczema, according to a study published in mSystems. Interventions that target key bacteria may prevent or mitigate later eczema ...

Matching the sight and sound of speech — a face to a voice — in early infancy is an important foundation for later language development. This ability, known as intersensory processing, is an essential ...

PSYCHOSIS of infancy and early childhood has been studied for the past twenty years by a few investigators in highly specialized clinical settings. The fact that this severe disorder of human devel ...

Human infants' responses to the vocalizations of non-human primates shed light on the developmental origin of a crucial link between human language and core cognitive capacities, a new study ...

Within their focal area students may also choose to emphasize a life-cycle phase, e.g., infancy and early childhood; middle childhood and adolescence; or adulthood and aging. Affiliated faculty ...