Research involving nonhuman primates (NHPs) has played a vital role in many of the
medical and scientific advances of the past century. NHPs are used because of their …

Though rarely included in studies of parent–infant interactions, affectionate touch plays a
unique and vital role in infant development. Previous studies in human and rodent models …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is induced by complex hereditary and environmental
factors. However, the mechanisms of ASD development are poorly understood. The purpose …

Researchers have examined representations of the body in the adult brain but relatively little
attention has been paid to ontogenetic aspects of neural body maps in human infants. Novel …

In the mature mammalian brain, the primary somatosensory and motor cortices are known to
be spatially organized such that neural activity relating to specific body parts can be …

This review addresses the fundamental question of how we first experience pain, at the
beginning of our lives. The brain is activated by peripheral tissue damaging stimulation from …

The adult brain exhibits a local increase in cortical blood flow in response to external
stimulus. However, broadly varying hemodynamic responses in the brains of newborn and …

With our eyes closed, we can track a limb's moment-to-moment location in space. If this
capacity relied solely on sensory feedback from the limb, we would always be a step behind …

Cortical development is an activity-dependent process [1–3]. Regarding the role of activity in
the developing somatosensory cortex, one persistent debate concerns the importance of …

Preterm birth engenders an increased risk of conditions like cerebral palsy and therefore this
time may be crucial for the brain's developing sensori-motor system. However, little is known …