From the Flinders University press release via HealthCanal: Dr Michael Gradisar, a senior lecturer in clinical child psychology, is about to begin a new study to determine whether childhood insomnia and separation anxiety can be…
From the Monash University press release via MedicalXpress: Preschool children who are more physically active are more likely to show behavioural problems, a study has found. The study, published in Developmental Disabilities, found that increased…
From the Kansas State University press release: A Kansas State University graduate student is creating a schoolyard that can become a therapeutic landscape for children with autism. Chelsey King, master’s student in landscape architecture, St.…
From the AASM press release via HealthCanal: Children who have learning, attention and behavior problems may be suffering from excessive daytime sleepiness, even though clinical tests show them sleeping long enough at night, a new…
From the Oxford University Press press release via EurekAlert!: We already know there are long-term health problems associated with pre-term birth, but what about babies born post-term? New research published in the International Journal of…
From the American Academy of Pediatrics press release via EurekAlert!: The challenges that come with battling a chronic medical condition or developmental disability are enough to get a young person down. But being left out,…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via AlphaGalileo: Children as young as 11 months of age show a natural affinity for animals and this attraction includes animals that are widely feared by adults,…
From the University of Toronto Mississauga press release by Kimberley Wright: Although a doting mom cuddling and caressing her infant may not seem to have much in common with a rat mother, she does. Not…
From the Syracuse University press release: Students of all ages could improve their test scores if the category of information changed abruptly midway through the test, according to a new study on memory by researchers…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: In a study published in the May 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, led by Mr. Sven Sandin, of the…