From the University of Bristol media release: The amount of time children spend in front of TV, phone and computer screens is closely associated with their parents’ own habits, with much higher weekend viewing than…
From the University of California, Los Angeles media release: Girls who are told by a parent, sibling, friend, classmate or teacher that they are too fat at age 10 are more likely to be obese…
From the University of Illinois media release: It is better to give than to receive — at least if you’re an adolescent and you enjoy giving, a new study suggests. The study found that 15-…
From the Drexel University media release: Older parents are more likely to have a child who develops an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) than are younger parents. A recent study from researchers from the Drexel University…
From the Duke University media release: Does living with grandparents ease or worsen a mothers’ baby blues? The answer may depend on the mother’s marital status, a new study from Duke University suggests. Married and…
From the Norwegian Institute of Public Health media release: As the first researcher to study the role of paternal obesity in autism, Dr. Pål Surén emphasises that this is still a theory and requires much…
From the Penn State media release: School hearing tests cannot effectively detect adolescent high-frequency hearing loss, which is typically caused by loud noise exposure, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. The Pennsylvania…
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: Playing a science-based mobile gaming app for 25 minutes can reduce anxiety in stressed individuals, according to research published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the…
From the Northwestern University media release: There is a lot that 19-month-old children can’t do: They can’t tie their shoes or get their mittens on the correct hands. But they can use words they do…
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: Just like adults, children as young as 3 tend to judge an individual’s character traits, such as trustworthiness and competence, simply by looking at the person’s face,…