Brain

Chilling Brain Scans Show the Impact of a Mother's Love on a Child's Brain Size

By Christine Hsu | Oct 29, 2012 04:03 PM EDT

A shocking comparison of brain scans from two three-year-old children reveals new evidence of the remarkable impact a mother's love has on a child's brain development.

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1.5-Million-Year-Old Child's Skull Reveals Man Needed Meat Far Earlier Than Previously Thought

By Christine Hsu | Oct 04, 2012 02:03 PM EDT

A piece of a child's skull, believed to be 1.5 million years old, offers some of the earliest evidence that early humans were hunters who ate meat regularly, according to scientists.

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Depressed Moms Linked to Shorter Kids

By Christine Hsu | Sep 10, 2012 12:27 PM EDT

Children of mothers who suffer symptoms of depression in the first year after giving birth are significantly more likely to be shorter than their peers, according to a new study.

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