From the University of Rochester press release: The field of adolescent psychology is increasingly focused on parents, with researchers asking how mothers and fathers control themselves (and their rising anger) in difficult interactions with their…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Researchers have clarified the development of the ability to attend to a speaker in a noisy environment — a phenomenon known as the “cocktail party effect.” Published in JNeurosci,…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release: Children who have more conflict in relationships with their mothers during early years of elementary school may find it more difficult to find a sense of…
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.…