From the Frontiers press release: Structured music lessons significantly enhance children’s cognitive abilities — including language-based reasoning, short-term memory, planning and inhibition — which lead to improved academic performance. Published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, the research…
From the Kennedy Krieger Institute press release: Children as young as four years old with symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) showed reduced brain volumes in regions essential for behavioral control, according to a study published…
From the Portland State University press release: The higher a child’s family income, the more likely he or she is to feel control over their life, according to a new Portland State University study. Building…
From the Frontiers press release: New research links specific numerical activities undertaken by parents to certain math skills in young children. Published today in open-access journal Frontiers in Psychology, the study also finds that the more…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Most parenting programs aim to teach parents how to reduce their children’s disruptive behavior. New research looked at more than 150 studies of these programs,…
From the Binghamton University press release: Increased letter spacing helps individuals read faster, but not due to visual processing, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York. “Generally speaking, our lab…
From the Frontiers press release: A new study finds that deficits in executive function — a measure of cognitive skills that allow a person to achieve goals by controlling their behavior — predicts later aggressive…
From the University of Georgia press release: While the national high school dropout rate has declined, many school systems still struggle with a high number of students who do not finish high school. The factors…
From the University of California – Los Angeles press release: Primary schoolchildren who have been raised in homes surrounded by more greenspace tend to present with larger volumes of white and grey matter in certain…
From the University of Texas at Dallas press release: A University of Texas at Dallas psychologist has examined the preconceptions about the effects of emotions on children’s eating habits, creating the framework for future studies…