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How a Baby’s Brain Grows in the First Years of Life
- Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder published a study this month in PLOS One about climate stressors affecting brain development in children exposed in utero to Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
- The researchers analyzed brain imaging of 34 children around age eight, including 11 whose mothers were pregnant during Sandy, to assess how prenatal climate stress influenced neurodevelopment.
- They found that exposed children had basal ganglia regions up to 6% larger than unexposed peers, potentially signaling behavioral risks, while acknowledging the study’s small sample size and limitations.
- Yoko Nomura emphasized the importance of developing a comprehensive approach to support and safeguard individuals during pregnancy, highlighting the need for increased awareness about climate-related risks to prenatal health.
- These findings suggest prenatal climate stressors may impact long-term brain development, indicating a need for more research and public health strategies to protect pregnant populations.
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Those who remember their first years of life are extremely rare. Armed with state-of-the-art medical imaging devices, researchers are trying to find out why. Their discoveries about infantile amnesia are surprising.
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How a Baby’s Brain Grows in the First Years of Life
SATURDAY, June 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The first two years of a baby’s life are critical for brain development, and how the brain grows during that time may help predict future learning, behavior and health.
If Your Baby Seems Kinda Dumb at Seven Months, Scientists Have Terrible News About What'll Happen When It Grows Into an Adult
Next time you see your baby trying to play or talk, pay close attention — because it may give you a strong clue about how intelligent the kiddo will turn out as an adult, according to a new paper in the journal PNAS. A team of scientists led by the University of Colorado Boulder have found that cognitive tests on babies as young as seven months can anticipate their future performance as 30-year-old adults on intelligence tests. "We certainly do …
Natural disasters may be shaping babies' brains
NEW YORK — Climate disasters are known for damaging homes, disrupting power and displacing residents. Even after the lights come back on and people return to their homes, effects can linger — including in the brains of children born afterward,…
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Disasters may shape babies' brains
NEW YORK — Climate disasters are known for damaging homes, disrupting power and displacing residents. Even after the lights come back on and people return to their homes, effects can linger — including in the brains of children born afterward,…
By Margarita Burgos It's true that moods are, to a certain extent, contagious. But it's curious what can happen between a pregnant mother and her child in the womb. According to a study from the University of Cambridge, it has been shown how the interaction between mother and child from pregnancy onwards is crucial for a child's future development and learning. There is definitely a very strong interaction between mother and child from the momen…
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