Parents don't need a neuroscientist to tell them that infant brains are like little sponges, voraciously absorbing information from the surrounding environment. From birth to age 3, a child learns to ...

These days, many parents panic about whether or not they are doing everything possible to insure that their child will realize their intellectual potential. After all, everyone “knows” that a baby’s ...

A new study on infantile memory formation in rats points to the importance of critical periods in early-life learning on functional development of the brain. The research, conducted by scientists at ...

These days, many parents panic about whether or not they are doing everything possible to insure that their child will realize their intellectual potential. After all, everyone “knows” that a baby’s ...

In a study of nearly 700,000 English speakers, researchers from Boston College, MIT and Harvard have discovered the optimal years to learn a second language extend to the cusp of adulthood, the team ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- A great deal of evidence suggests that it is more difficult to learn a new language as an adult than as a child, which has led scientists to propose that there is a "critical period" ...

A group of Johns Hopkins neuroscientists have found that the psychoactive drug MDMA, or ecstasy, causes a neural response called a "critical period," when the brain is sensitive to learning the reward ...

A new study on infantile memory formation in rats points to the importance of critical periods in early-life learning on functional development of the brain. The research, conducted by scientists at ...

A new study on infantile memory formation in rats points to the importance of critical periods in early-life learning on functional development of the brain. The research reveals the significance of ...

In a study of nearly 700,000 English speakers, researchers from Boston College, MIT and Harvard have discovered the optimal years to learn a second language extend to the cusp of adulthood, the team ...