From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: New research by Australian scientists reveals that males who are exposed to high levels of testosterone before birth are twice as likely to experience delays in language development…
From the Children’s Medical Hospital press release via MedicalXPress: Children at risk for dyslexia show differences in brain activity on MRI scans even before they begin learning to read, finds a study at Children’s Hospital…
From the University of Missouri press release: While it may appear that infants are helpless creatures that only blink, eat, cry and sleep, one University of Missouri researcher says that studies indicate infant brains come…
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill press release: Adults who participated in a high quality early childhood education program in the 1970s are still benefitting from their early experiences in a variety…
From the Florida International University press release via PhysOrg: Who cares about handwriting, anyway? It’s the 21st century, after all. We have iPads and iPhones, computers that spell check and fonts that go from French…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Want to think outside the box? Try actually thinking outside of a box. In a study to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a…
From the Temple University press release: Babies embrace nice characters over those who are bad. That’s according to a new study co-authored by Temple psychology postdoctoral fellow Neha Mahajan with Kiley Hamlin of the University…
From the ESRC (UK) press release: Preparing to act in a particular way can improve the way we process information, and this has potential implications for those with learning disabilities. Researchers funded by the Economic…
From the University of Pittsburgh press release via EurekAlert!: Teenagers are more susceptible to developing disorders like addiction and depression, according to a paper published by Pitt researchers Jan. 16 in the Proceedings of the…
From the Brown University press release: Neurosurgeons hoping to find ways to accelerate re-learning after a stroke or brain injury are trying to tease out the circuitry that governs learning. A new study of how…