A major new study reveals that autistic children’s brains process faces differently, and those differences may begin earlier ...

The brain-gut axis is being studied for its potential role in autism-related communication difficulties, although evidence ...

Autistic and non-autistic adults can perform equally well on a perceptual task while their brains respond differently to mistakes, assess decision difficulty and use recent experiences to guide future ...

From the psychology and brain science research news published internationally between 10/25 and 11/01, we introduce 6 items related to ADHD, developmental traits, mental health, and psychology, using ...

Exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy — particularly during the second and third trimesters — is associated with a ...

In a national study of U.S. births, an increase of 0.75 micrograms per cubic meter in wildfire smoke particles across ...

Brain self-organization, not genetic blueprinting, builds the brain's 100 trillion synaptic connections. MIT neuroscientist Ila Fiete argues in a Perspectives essay for The Transmitter that genes ...

A major new study has uncovered important differences in how the brains of autistic children respond to human faces. Published in Nature Mental ...

During fetal development, the human brain generates an excess of neurons, most of which are eliminated shortly before and after birth. New research from Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s ...

Reading 2,357 single neurons, a Nature study found widespread DNA damage in a quarter of fetal brain cells and a purge around ...

Visible smoke isn't required for exposure; smoke can travel long distances.

During fetal development, the human brain generates an excess of neurons, most of which are eliminated shortly before and ...