Screen Time in the First Year Linked to Weaker Language and Thinking Skills in Very Preterm Babies
A pilot study of 64 very preterm infants finds that greater direct screen exposure at 12 months of corrected age ...
Tag: cognitive development
When Chores Become Play: What Yucatec Maya Childhoods Reveal About Learning
A new perspective article argues that for Yucatec Maya children, household chores and unstructured play form a symbiotic, culturally situated ...
Rare Earth Metals in Pregnancy Linked to Developmental Delays in Toddlers
A large Chinese birth cohort study finds that prenatal exposure to rare earth elements is linked to cognitive and motor ...
Brain Timelines Unfold From Sensorimotor to Association Cortex Before Settling in Adulthood
A large multi-cohort neuroimaging study shows that the brain's intrinsic timescales mature hierarchically along the sensorimotor-to-association cortical axis during youth ...
Pregnancy Omega-3 Levels Shape Children’s Cognitive Trajectories for a Decade
A Spanish birth cohort study finds that cord blood levels of the omega-3 fatty acids ALA and DHA are linked ...
Children See Fractions as Parts, Adults See Them as Wholes, Study Finds
A new study finds that second graders rely on the individual components of ratios while adults perceive them as integrated ...
How Preschoolers Spend Their Days Shapes Growing Minds, Canadian Study Finds
A large Canadian study using compositional analysis and objective accelerometer data links preschoolers' daily mix of sleep, sedentary time, and ...
Childhood Learning Environments Shape the Maturing Brain Circuits of Attention
New research links children's learning environments to age-related differences in the thalamocortical brain circuits that support attention.
Memory and Early Reading Skills Fuel Each Other, Four-Year Study of Children Reveals
A four-wave study of 1,694 children shows that memory and emergent literacy bidirectionally reinforce each other from ages three to ...
Losing Iodized Salt Cost Ethiopian Children Lives and Learning
A quasi-experimental study finds that the 1998 interruption of iodized salt supplies in Ethiopia increased infant mortality and lowered secondary-school ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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