In a recent study published in the journal Microorganisms, researchers examined mother-infant dyads in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to determine the impact of the psychosocial stress ...

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child’s brain develops, with effects that last well beyond childhood. But families ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A new study shows that whether families can reliably meet basic needs, not just how much they earn, may shape infants’ brain development as early as the first year of life.