A new study has created the first normative charts of brain functional development from birth to six years old, highlighting how brain network growth tracks with cognitive milestones.

Control network strength ... validate and refine the charts. More information: Weiyan Yin et al, Charting brain functional development from birth to 6 years of age, Nature Human Behaviour (2025).

Adolescence heightens reward sensitivity, driving exploration and risk-taking. Early-life stress and habits affect brain ...

From birth to the last moments of life, the human brain is known to change and evolve significantly, both in terms of its ...

In early childhood, growth charts are used to monitor the height ... Reference: Yin W, Li T, Wu Z, et al. Charting brain functional development from birth to 6 years of age. Nat Hum Behav. 2025. doi: ...

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Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a part of a mouse's cerebral cortex involved in vision, an achievement ...