From the Kyoto University press release: We recognize justice before we can talk, reports a research team in Nature Human Behaviour. The Kyoto-based study demonstrates that human infants recognize heroic acts from early stages of…
From the Ohio State University press release: Most factors that help make schools successful cost lots of money – think teachers, technology and textbooks. But a new study suggests one factor that doesn’t need any…
From the University of Leiden press release: Girls with autism have relatively good social skills, which means that their autism is often not recognised. Autism manifests itself in girls differently from in boys. Psychologist Carolien…
From the Penn State press release: While it has long been known that maltreatment can affect a child’s psychological development, new Penn State research indicates that the stress of abuse can impact the physical growth…
From the Universiteit Leiden press release: When we are around four years old we suddenly start to understand that other people think and that their view of the world is often different from our own. Researchers…
From the King’s College London press release: Researchers from King’s College London have used a genetic scoring technique to predict reading performance throughout school years from DNA alone. The study, published today in Scientific Studies of…
From the Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group press release: The biomechanics of head injury in youths (5 to 18 years of age) have been poorly understood. A new study reported in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics…
From the Research Society on Alcoholism: Despite greater awareness of the dangers of prenatal exposure to alcohol, the rates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders remain alarmingly high. This study evaluated academic achievement among children known…
From the American Friends of Tel Aviv University press release: A new Tel Aviv University study published in Child Development finds that the disruptive behavior of an individual child does not encourage similar behavior in their…
From the Concordia University press release: We interrupt this program for an important message: Watching television for more than a couple of hours a day has been linked to lower school readiness skills in kindergarteners.…