From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: Sleep problems are common in young children and can lead to difficulties in families. Several factors likely contribute to these problems, and mothers’…
From the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) via MedicalXPress: Parents who play with a doll and then ignore their child, elicit the same jealous behavior in the child as a newborn brother or sister…
From the University of British Columbia press release: A University of British Columbia researcher has developed a simple two-question test to screen kindergarten-aged children for future anxiety disorders – the most commonly reported mental health…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: The transmission of knowledge to the next generation is a key feature of human evolution. In particular, humans tend to copy behaviour that is demonstrated by many other individuals. Chimpanzees…
From the Case Western Reserve University press release: A new study from Case Western Reserve University finds mothers tend to be more critical of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder than they are of other children in…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: For children with dyslexia, the trouble begins even before they start reading and for reasons that don’t necessarily reflect other language skills. That’s according to a report…
From the Michigan State University press release: For children with autism, being born several weeks early or several weeks late tends to increase the severity of their symptoms, according to new research out of Michigan…
From the Ryerson University press release via Newswise: A new Ryerson University study has found that some preschoolers may perceive overweight children to be not as “nice”. “A child’s perception of body image is influenced…
From the University of Sydney press release via HealthCanal: Personal-best (PB) goals for at-risk children such as those with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) may be one way of closing the achievement gap in schools,…
From the University of Stavanger press release: Tablet computers are being adopted by behavioural scientists at Norway’s University of Stavanger (UiS) as a more efficient way of obtaining information from young children. A new data…