Strong memory skills help children perform better academically and build confidence in daily life. Instead of relying solely on textbooks, parents can use creative activities to sharpen kids’ memory ...

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The bond between parents and children shapes much of a child’s development. When drug use enters this dynamic, it can profoundly alter not just family emotions but how children perceive their world.

Researchers at University of California San Diego, part of the national HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study Consortium, have announced the first data release from this landmark study, ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

BERLIN — Every parent I know occasionally lets their child use their cell phone or tablet, even if they are under the age of 3. And they all have a guilty conscience. But as a parent, you also want to ...

In children aged four to seven years, a higher body mass index (BMI) was associated with structural features of brain regions involved in taste perception and processing of reward-related signals.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — For more than a decade, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have tracked the health ...

Children who experience severe malnutrition leading to stunting are at risk of impaired learning ability and academic performance, leading to poorer school outcomes, including repeating a grade, ...

Luby is an infant/preschool psychiatrist clinician researcher at Washington University School of Medicine. Barch is a clinical scientist researcher at Washington University in St. Louis. The New York ...

It may be time to take this old-school pastime off the shelf. A growing body of research suggests that a once-beloved childhood hobby, now increasingly falling by the wayside, is linked to better ...