Brain & Behavior

Explore how children’s brains connect sound, meaning, memory, emotion, sleep, and everyday interaction to build language and communication skills.

Learn how regular time outdoors can support a child's attention, movement, curiosity, emotional balance, and learning as the brain develops.

Learn how screen content, timing, and daily habits shape kids’ developing brains, attention, sleep, and family routines.

Learn how children’s brains manage attention, filter distractions, use working memory, and gradually build stronger concentration skills.

Learn how the brain helps children build social connections through emotions, experiences, and daily interactions that support healthy social development.

Learn why children repeat actions, how to distinguish learning repetition from rigid patterns, and how parents can support healthy brain development.

Brain plasticity helps children learn, adapt, and develop through daily experiences. Explore how communication, play, sleep, and supportive environments shape brain connections and lifelong learning.

Learn why some children feel overwhelmed by noise and light, how sensory processing works, and how parents can create supportive daily environments.

Understand executive function in children, why knowing is not doing, and how parents can support self-control, routines, emotions, and daily behavior.

What are microglia, and why does their activation matter in children's brains? A research-focused explainer on the science shaping pediatric neuroimmune health.

The brain wasn't supposed to have a lymphatic system. Then researchers found one. Here's what that discovery — and others — changed about how scientists understand children's brain health.

Better sleep quality supports children's brain health, strengthens neuroimmune function, improves emotional regulation, and promotes healthy cognitive development through consistent restorative sleep.