From the Ohio State University press release via EurekAlert!: A small change in how teachers and parents read aloud to preschoolers may provide a big boost to their reading skills later on, a new study…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: Sleep problems are common in young children and can lead to difficulties in families. Several factors likely contribute to these problems, and mothers’…
From the UT Dallas press release via EurekAlert!: A large-scale, long-term UT Dallas study focusing on adolescent friendships and electronic communication is expanding to include Facebook posts. A research team led by Dr. Marion Underwood…
From the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) via MedicalXPress: Parents who play with a doll and then ignore their child, elicit the same jealous behavior in the child as a newborn brother or sister…
From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: Adolescents who misuse alcohol and other drugs to the point where they need treatment must contend with costly and limited options for youth-specific care, as well…
From the Radboud University Nijmegen press release via EurekAlert!: Drinking during adolescence has both short- and long-term negative health consequences. Prior research has shown that peer influence is one of the most important predictors of…
From the University of British Columbia press release: A University of British Columbia researcher has developed a simple two-question test to screen kindergarten-aged children for future anxiety disorders – the most commonly reported mental health…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: The transmission of knowledge to the next generation is a key feature of human evolution. In particular, humans tend to copy behaviour that is demonstrated by many other individuals. Chimpanzees…
From the British Journal of Psychiatry press release via HealthCanal: Auditory hallucinations (hearing voices) can affect up to one-in-five children between the ages of 11 and 13, according to new research published online today by…
From the UNC press release via HealthCanal: Adolescents’ expectations of an early death can predict their economic futures more than a decade later, according to a new study from the UNC Gillings School of Global…