Using Findings from Studies on Adolescent Neurological Development to Design Interventions for Adolescents Recent findings from neurological development studies (e.g., Casey et al. 2000; Luna and ...

Young children who were exposed to commonly-prescribed anti-seizure medications in utero do not have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes than children of women who do not take anti-seizure medications.

Children of mothers who took certain anti-seizure medications while pregnant do not have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 6, according to a long-running study. Children of mothers who took ...

Researchers identify specific psychosocial factors that strongly correlate with altered brain development within the first ...

Until recently, the prevailing belief was that brain development ceased at around the time a child entered kindergarten (i.e., that the brain is 90-95% formed by age six). However, recent findings ...