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…
From the University of Montreal press release: Watching too much television at age 2 can translate into poorer eating habits in adolescence and poorer performance in school, researchers at Université de Montréal’s School of Psychoeducation…
From the University of Colorado at Boulder press release: Childhood play experiences strongly shape a person’s spatial skills, according to a new CIRES-led study — those skills can be critical to success in fields like…
From the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences press release: Whether children think their peers’ intentions are benign or hostile, and how those children experience and express their own emotions, may…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: A landmark 1995 study found that children from higher-income families hear about 30 million more words during their first three years of life than children from lower-income…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Older siblings play an important role in the lives of their younger siblings. Like parents, older brothers and sisters act as role models and teachers,…
From the Rutgers University press release: When it comes to intelligence, environment and education matter — more than we think. Those are the findings of Rutgers University psychologists Louis Matzel and Bruno Sauce, based on…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: A new study has found that 5- to 6-year-olds view people’s environments, not their skin color, as the most important determinant of their behavior and…