Preschoolers’ story comprehension similar for print and digital books
From the NYU press release: The content of a children’s book — not its form as a print book or a digital book — predicts how well children understand a story, finds a new study…
Study suggests timing and duration of school lunch and recess related to food choices and physical activity
From the Experimental Biology 2017 press release: A new study finds that the duration and timing of lunch and recess is related to food choices and physical activity of school children. These findings could help…
Study suggests food brand awareness ups risk of obesity in preschoolers
From the University of Michigan press release: Young children who recognize food name brands, such as Lucky Charms, M&M’s and Cheetos, often eat unhealthy items that lead to their high body mass index. The risk…
Parents’ use of emotional feeding increases emotional eating in school-age children
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Emotional eating — eating when you feel sad or upset or in response to another negative mood — is not uncommon in children and adolescents,…
Study suggests rosemary aroma can aid children’s working memory
From the British Psychological Society press release: Exposure to the aroma of rosemary essential oil can significantly enhance working memory in children. This is one the findings of a study presented today, Thursday 4 May…
Study compares cognitive skills between cultures and generations
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: An innovative study of children and parents in both Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, led by University of Cambridge researchers Michelle R. Ellefson and Claire Hughes,…
Study suggests playing on swings helps kids learn to cooperate
From the University of Washington press release: A favorite childhood pastime — swinging on the playground swing set — also may be teaching kids how to get along. The measured, synchronous movement of children on…
In young bilingual children, two languages develop simultaneously but independently
From the Florida Atlantic University press release: A new study of Spanish-English bilingual children by researchers at Florida Atlantic University published in the journal Developmental Science finds that when children learn two languages from birth…
Study suggests perceptual judgment, motor skills not fully developed until age 14
From the University of Iowa press release: For adults, crossing the street by foot seems easy. You take stock of the traffic and calculate the time it will take to get from one side to…
Parent-mediated therapy may help babies at risk of developing autism
From the Wiley press release: The earliest autism intervention study in the world that uses video to provide feedback to parents of babies at family risk of autism, has indicated a reduction in the severity…