New research finds that brain development is not linear. There are distinct phases with unique characteristics.

Cambridge neuroscientists discover five distinct stages of brain development from birth to 90, revealing key turning points ...

The human brain has four distinct turning points where its structure changes, according to a study published in the journal ...

Four major turning points around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human lifespan.

During the early thirties, the brain’s wiring pattern moves into what the researchers describe as the adult mode. This adult period is the longest, lasting more than 30 years. A subsequent turning ...

A large study of brain scans shows that our neural wiring evolves through five major stages from birth to late old age. These ...

A hidden four-layer structure in the brain’s key memory hub has been revealed, reshaping how scientists understand learning ...

The cognitive abilities of a fruit-fly larva may not seem particularly noteworthy. This creature—the fly’s early, wormlike phase—is just about capable of sensing its environment, searching for food ...

The symptoms of schizophrenia vary greatly from person to person. A new study appearing in the American Journal of Psychiatry shows how these differences manifest themselves in the structure of the ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...