Research on infant thinking suggests that babies are more complex thinkers than was once believed. There is now evidence that, by the end of their first year, children are capable of logical reasoning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are four major developmental domains: physical, cognitive, language, and social-emotional. As children grow, they develop ...

Parents face an increasingly difficult decision: embrace technology in children’s education or protect their developing brains. New research from cognitive neuroscientists provides a clear answer. The ...

Children who grow up in stressful environments often have elevated levels of "the stress hormone” cortisol, which can impair cognitive development. New research shows that some children growing up ...

In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, researchers evaluated how fundamental environmental supports, encapsulated as a thrive factor (T-factor), during the first year of life ...

Training exercises designed to improve cognitive control in children do not make a significant difference to their ability to delay gratification or to their academic achievement, nor do they lead to ...

Being an only child is a “disease in itself”, according to 19th century psychologist Stanley G. Hall. Even though Hall’s views and scholarly research methods have been questioned and criticised, only ...