From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Two vital parts of mentally organizing the world are classification, or the understanding that similar things belong in the same category; and induction, an educated guess about…
From the Ohio State University press release by Jeff Grabmeier: Both children and the elderly have slower response times when they have to make quick decisions in some settings. But recent research suggests that much…
From the Ohio State University press release: The quality of the emotional relationship between a mother and her young child could affect the potential for that child to be obese during adolescence, a new study…
From the Pennsylvania State University press release: Women with celiac disease — an autoimmune disorder associated with a negative reaction to eating gluten — are more likely than the general population to report symptoms of…
From the Oregon State University press release: A study of 20 elementary schools in Hawaii has found that a focused program to build social, emotional and character skills resulted in significantly improved overall quality of…
From the Ohio State University press release by Jeff Grabmeier: New research challenges the conventional thinking that young children use language just as adults do to help classify and understand objects in the world around…
From the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences press release via Newswise: In a paper published online in the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, a team of researchers from Boston University and Case Western…
From the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine: An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, reports that abnormal sequences of DNA known…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: When grown-ups and kids speak, they listen to the sound of their voice and make corrections based on that auditory feedback. But new evidence shows that toddlers…
From the Washington State University press release: Millions of families will get together this holiday season, yet millions of siblings, parents and children will find themselves pushing each other’s buttons. New research at Washington State…