Understanding Cognitive Growth in Children Parents often wish for their children to be clever, intelligent, and successful.

A Singapore study tracking 328 mother-child pairs has found two distinct pathways linking maternal mental health to child ...

The average number of children per family in the United States has fallen dramatically, from seven in 1800 to fewer than two in 2018. That’s good news for kids’ cognitive development, suggests a ...

Are you concerned about how much your child naps? Or maybe they don't nap enough? A study from the U.K.'s University of East Anglia shows that children's sleep needs are closely linked to their ...

Regular social media use across early adolescence is related to worse reading and vocabulary development over time, according ...

Positive psychology is a movement that puts the focus on happiness and thriving rather than problems and mental illness. According to Psychology Today, "Positive psychology is a branch of psychology ...

Some parents in the new study said their child first recognized the concept of deception as early as 8 months old ...

Discussions of cognitive offloading often miss a critical distinction: What AI does to a 45-year-old's brain is categorically ...

Cognitive development in children could be affected regardless of which biological parent has type 1 diabetes, according to a new study. The research shows for the first time that having a parent with ...

Nostalgia Meets Neuroscience The popular image of the 1960s and 70s childhood is one of free-range freedom: wood-paneled ...

In the case of a child with Down Syndrome, if therapy is started at a very early age, it has the potential to enhance the ...