Researchers discover that language and Theory of Mind originate in separate brain regions in children, challenging theories of overlapping cognitive development.

What is cognitive development? Expert Dr Samantha Durrant answers parents' questions around this tricky subject, and how it ...

The idea that we have brains hardwired with a mental template for learning grammar—famously espoused by Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—has dominated linguistics for almost ...

The physical development of kids is easy to track. You can measure their height, weight, strength and ability to control their bodies. What is complex is to determine cognitive and intellectual ...