From the Deakin University press release via MedicalXpress: Deakin University health researchers have found pre-schoolers who play interactive video games, such as Wii, have better motor skills. The researchers, in collaboration with a colleague from…
From the Australian National University press release: Television coverage of the shooting at a cinema in Colorado last week may traumatise children who watch it, according to a leading psychiatrist at The Australian National University.…
From the Boston Children’s Hospital press release: Severe psychological and physical neglect produces measurable changes in children’s brains, finds a study led by Boston Children’s Hospital. But the study also suggests that positive interventions can…
From the Emory University press release via EurekAlert!: A new study shows that a therapeutic intervention called Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) appears to improve the mental and physical health of adolescents in foster care. CBCT…
From the Cornell Food & Brand Lab press release via EurekAlert!: Popeye inspired a generation of growing Baby Boomers to eat its spinach. Today, role models such as Batman can prompt children to develop their…
From the Wellcome Trust press release via EurekAlert!: Children whose fathers are more positively engaged with them at age three months have fewer behavioural problems at age twelve months, according to new research funded by…
From the UNC Health Care press release via ScienceDaily: A new study by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers found that 31 percent of children identified as at risk for autism spectrum disorders…
From the University of Montreal press release via Newswise: Each hour of TV watched by a two- to four-year- old contributes to his or her waist circumference by the end of grade 4 and his…
From the Queensland University of Technology press release via HealthCanal: Parents’ response to their children’s pain can have a significant effect on children’s pain experiences during medical procedures and every day bumps and scrapes. A…
From the University of Kansas, Life Span Institute press release via Newswise: University of Kansas researchers have found larger resting pupil size and lower levels of a salivary enzyme associated with the neurotransmitter norepinephrine in…