Still, an infant brain’s relatively small size doesn’t mean that it is necessarily underdeveloped: Surprisingly, fMRIs have shown that baby brains in many ways remarkably resemble adult brains ...

“Brain age and brain age gaps are a valuable tool for studying neurodevelopment in infants and children,” said Sun. “And being able to establish normative trajectories of development in early life ...

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The study, led by Dr. Yicheng Zhang and Dr. Mary L. Phillips at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, examined 95 infant-caregiver pairs using advanced brain imaging techniques.

Every child is born with a beautiful brain full of potential. But what helps this little brain grow stronger, sharper, and ...

Maternal hypertension is linked to poorer cognitive, language outcomes in preterm 2-year-olds, partly due to early brain abnormalities.

More information: Saeideh Davoudi et al, Electroencephalography estimates brain age in infants with high precision: Leveraging advanced machine learning in healthcare, NeuroImage (2025). DOI: 10. ...

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Hearing is one of the first senses to develop — babies are listening to and learning from their birth parents before they are ...