
Tag: Child Development


Genetically tailored instruction improves songbird learning: Results lend support to arguments for ‘personalized education’ in classrooms, researchers say

Having an elder brother is associated with slower language development

Language-savvy parents improve their children’s reading development, study shows: The researchers found that adults with higher reading-related knowledge are likelier to provide positive feedback, which helps the learning process

Even in young children: Higher weight = higher blood pressure

Successful HIV effort prompts call for clinics to expand mental health services on site

Alternative treatment for epileptic seizures in children identified

Debate on daylight saving time and school start time

Ancient Caribbean children helped with grocery shopping in AD 400

Parental support linked to how well millennials transition to college life

Reattaching to work is just as important as detaching from work, study finds

1 in 3 students with ADHD receive no school interventions

Urban parks could make you happier

New model mimics persistent interneuron loss seen in prematurity

Effects of teenage motherhood may last multiple generations

Largest description of ST3GAL5 (GM3 Synthase) deficiency published

Telling stories using rhythmic gesture helps children improve their oral skills

Length of eye blinks might act as conversational cue: Studies of conversations with avatars show that people use blinks as nonverbal feedback

Mom, I can’t recognize your face from profile view!

Parental ‘feeding styles’ reflect children’s genes

Is there a universal hierarchy of human senses?

Children who experience violence early in life develop faster: A study examines the effects of early life adversity on pubertal development and epigenetic age

Pedestrian fatalities increase on Halloween, particularly among children

For preterm infants, skin-to-skin contact affects hormone levels — and may promote parental engagement

DFMO increases survival for children with high risk neuroblastoma, study finds: First study shown to improve the nearly 50 percent rate of relapse in children with high-risk neuroblastoma

Stepfathers’ ‘Cinderella effect’ challenged by new study

Fish-rich diets in pregnancy may boost babies’ brain development

Developmental stage for No. 1 eye tumor in children

Shared lifetime of grandmothers and grandchildren significantly increased since 1800s
