From the American Psychological Association press release: Children tend to prefer to be friends with other children who speak with the same local accent as they have, even if they grow up in a diverse…
From the University of Chichester press release: It’s the archetypal child’s drawing — family, pet, maybe a house and garden, and the child themselves. Yet how do children represent themselves in their drawings, and does…
From the Yale University press release: Gender stereotypes can hurt children — quite literally. When asked to assess how much pain a child is experiencing based on the observation of identical reactions to a finger-stick,…
From the University of Houston press release: Researchers have long known that sick children can affect a company’s bottom line, as employees are distracted or have to take time off to care for their children.…
From the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia press release: Engaging in repetitive and ritualistic behaviors is part of typical child development. However, behaviors that develop into obsessive and compulsive symptoms (OCS) may represent a red flag…
From the University of Texas at Austin press release: Children’s personalities may influence how they perform in math and reading, according to a study by psychology researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. Proficiency…
From the Aarhus University press release: A new study from iPSYCH shows that the infections children contract during their childhood are linked to an increase in the risk of mental disorders during childhood and adolescence.…
From the Simon Fraser University press release: A new study published in the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease finds that mothers’ stress levels at the moment they conceive their children are linked to the…
From the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics press release: The early focus on larger units may have positive effects, and explain why young children are so good at learning certain areas of grammar, say scientists…
From the Harvard Medical School press release: Could a child’s birthday put them at risk for an ADHD misdiagnosis? The answer appears to be yes, at least among children born in August who start school…