Child Development News
May 5, 2025
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May 5, 2025 — Physically punishing children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has exclusively negative outcomes -- including poor health, lower academic performance, and impaired social-emotional ...
May 5, 2025 — The fact that left-handedness resp. mixed-handedness are strikingly common in patients with certain neurological disorders such as autism spectrum disorders is a frequently reported observation in medical practice. The reason why handedness is ...
May 5, 2025 — One of the first studies in this area to use clinical-level diagnoses reveals a range of differences between young people with and without mental health conditions when it comes to social media -- ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Childhood trauma significantly increases the likelihood of engaging in harmful alcohol consumption, smoking and illicit drug use, by the age of ...
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Apr. 28, 2025 — Large language models (LLMs) are at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) and have been widely used for conversational interactions. However, ...
Apr. 29, 2025 — A new study may offer reassuring news for parents whose children have a history of concussion, but want to get back to playing sports. Researchers ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — BU researchers develop a brain-inspired algorithm that can help people with hearing loss pick out conversations in noisy, crowded ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Researchers explored how manual and keyboard practice influenced children's abilities in their reading and writing learning process. 5-year-olds were ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — In face-to-face conversations, speakers use hand movements to signal meaning. But do listeners actually use these gestures to predict what someone might say next? In a study using virtual avatars, ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — A new study by developmental scientists offers the first evidence that infants as young as 15 months can identify an object they have learned about ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Adolescents who sleep for longer -- and from an earlier bedtime -- than their peers tend to have improved brain function and perform better at cognitive tests, researchers have shown. But the study ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Neuroscientists have developed a new treatment approach for a language disorder that combines traditional speech therapy with noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain. Brain stimulation helped ...
Apr. 19, 2025 — Five-year-olds exposed to paternal depression are more likely to have behavioral issues in grade school, researchers ...
Apr. 16, 2025 — Affectionate mothering in childhood may have a lasting impact on important personality traits, potentially influencing life outcomes such as educational achievement, economic success, and health and ...
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Apr. 15, 2025 — Macaque mothers experience a short period of physical restlessness after the death of an infant, but do not show typical human signs of grief, such as lethargy and appetite loss, finds a new study by ...
Apr. 14, 2025 — A new study has found children born to mothers who experienced gestational diabetes (GDM) during pregnancy are more likely to develop attention-deficient hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and externalizing ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — Using eye-tracking -- a technique for recording and analyzing eye movements -- a team has shown that individuals with multiple disabilities can improve their social and emotional skills. Although ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Researchers explored the long-term effects of preschool expansion in Japan in the 1960s, revealing significant reductions in risky behaviors amongst teenagers. By analyzing regional differences in ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the white matter communication highways throughout the adolescent brain. This reduced connectivity is ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — A researcher investigated the impact of the group work environment on motivation in English as a second language classes. The study revealed that the group work environment plays an important role in ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — A study has shown how aspects of brain function change with age, revealing that excitatory processes in the brain decrease, while inhibitory processes increase as children get older. The findings are ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Body signals such as heartbeat and breathing accompany us constantly, often unnoticed as background noise of our perception. Even in the earliest years of life, these signals are important as they ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Long-term exposure to high levels of air pollution may harm the brain health of older adults in England, finds a new ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — The fear of rejection -- familiar to many children and adults -- can significantly impact how kids behave in their peer groups, according to new ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Early administration of the drug Fosdenopterin/rcPMP improves the chances of survival of infants with MoCD type A and promotes the development of brain ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Fluency in a foreign language is often thought to be about speaking quickly and using advanced vocabulary. However, researchers reveal that speakers who use common, everyday expressions sound more ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — A newly published study found that a mother's exposure to phthalates during pregnancy can affect their newborn's metabolism and brain development. These widely used plasticizers are ...
Apr. 1, 2025 — A new study has found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution in early and mid childhood have weaker connections between key brain regions. The findings highlight the potential impact ...
Apr. 1, 2025 — A research group has uncovered a potential mechanism linking maternal inflammation to delayed neurodevelopment in infants. The research suggests the role of CD11c-positive microglia -- immune cells ...
Mar. 31, 2025 — AI mental health apps may offer a cheap and accessible way to fill the gaps in the overstretched U.S. mental health care system, but ethics experts warn that we need to be thoughtful about how we use ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often subjective and difficult to describe, researchers used ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — What goes through your mind when someone asks 'Did you see that?' A study shows that children and adults process ambiguous information like 'that' differently. While children ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Americans have long believed that sports are one area in society that offers kids from all backgrounds the chance to succeed to the best of their abilities. But new research suggests that this belief ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Fruit fly mutants that have severe sleep deficits perform better at olfactory learning and memory tasks, according to a new study. The paradox of enhanced memory despite sleep loss could be explained ...
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- Childhood Experiences Shape the Brain's White Matter With Cognitive Effects Seen Years Later
- Does Teamwork Fulfill the Goal of Project-Based Learning?
- First Insights Into How Excitatory and Inhibitory Brain Signals Change as People Age Using Wearable Scanner
- Perceiving One's Own Body: Babies Sense Their Heartbeat and Breathing
- Exposure to Air Pollution May Harm Brain Health of Older Adults
Friday, April 4, 2025
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- Successful Therapy Confirmed for Newborns With the Fatal Metabolic Disorder MoCD Type A
- Common Phrases, Not Fancy Words, Make You Sound More Fluent in a Foreign Language
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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- Exposure to Air Pollution in Childhood Is Associated With Reduced Brain Connectivity
- An Immune Cell May Explain How Maternal Inflammation Causes Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Monday, March 31, 2025
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- How Family Background Can Help Lead to Athletic Success
- Insomniac Fruit Fly Mutants Show Enhanced Memory Despite Severe Sleep Loss
- Why Don't We Remember Being a Baby? New Study Provides Clues
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Parts of the Brain That Are Needed to Remember Words Identified
- Why Are Night Owls at Greater Risk of Depression?
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- To the Brain, Esperanto and Klingon Appear the Same as English or Mandarin
- When Did Human Language Emerge?
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Bridging Nature and Nurture: Study Reveals Brain's Flexible Foundation from Birth
- New AI Model Analyzes Full Night of Sleep With High Accuracy in Largest Study of Its Kind
Friday, March 14, 2025
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- Children Who Lack Fish in Their Diets Are Less Sociable and Kind, Study Finds
- Good Parenting Helps, but Has Limits Under Major Deprivation
Monday, March 10, 2025
- Study Pinpoints the Impact of Prenatal Stress Across 27 Weeks of Pregnancy
- What's in a Label? It's Different for Boys Vs. Girls, New Study of Parents Finds
- Limiting Screen Time Protects Children's Mental Health
Friday, March 7, 2025
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- Does Getting ADHD Drugs Via Telehealth Increase Addiction Risk?
- For Some, Childhood Adversity Can Promote Resilience to Anxiety Disorders
Monday, March 3, 2025
- A Third of Children Worldwide Forecast to Be Obese or Overweight by 2050
- It's Not Just What You Say -- It's Also How You Say It
Friday, February 28, 2025
- Researchers Uncover Blood Metabolites That May Influence Early Childhood Development
- How Many Languages Can You Learn at the Same Time? -- Ghanaian Babies Grow Up Speaking Two to Six Languages
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Associative Learning: Primary School Children Outperform All Other Age Groups
- Improving Relationships Between Dads and Daughters... It's a Walk in the Park
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
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- Screening and Treating Maternal Psychological Health Key to Improving Cardiovascular Health
- We Need a New Definition of Dyslexia, Research Says
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Child ADHD Risk Linked to Mother's Use of Acetaminophen
- Another Way Longer Paternity Leaves Help New Parents
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Promising Results from First Prenatal Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Like Human Brains, Large Language Models Reason About Diverse Data in a General Way
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
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- Lack of Discussion Drives Traditional Gender Roles in Parenthood
- Group Childcare Positively Affects Toddler Development
- Study Maps New Brain Regions Behind Intended Speech
- The Complicated Question of How We Determine Who Has an Accent
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- More Sunshine as a Baby Linked to Less Disease Activity for Children With MS
- Adults Can Learn Absolute Pitch: New Research Challenges Long-Held Musical Belief
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
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- Breakthrough in Childhood Brain Cancer Research Could Heal Treatment-Resistant Tumors, Keep Them in Remission
- Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Could Leave Traces in the Placenta That Could Affect the Baby's Development
- Music Can Touch the Heart, Even Inside the Womb
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- COVID Lockdowns Disrupted a Crucial Social Skill Among Preschoolers, Trailblazing Study Finds
- The Benefits of Speaking Multiple Languages
- Guided Self-Help Makes Treating Children With Obesity Easier and More Affordable
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
- Towards a New Generation of Human-Inspired Language Models
- Innovative One-Minute Video Game Boasts 80% Success Rate in Diagnosing Autism
Monday, January 27, 2025
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- Researchers Track Sharp Increase in Diagnoses for Sedative, Hypnotic and Anxiety Use Disorder in Young Adults
- Adults Diagnosed With ADHD May Have Reduced Life Expectancies
- Significant Rise in Mental Health Admissions for Young People in Last Decade
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- Your Stroke Risk Might Be Higher If Your Parents Divorced During Your Childhood
- Childhood Epilepsy May Predispose to Memory Disorders Later in Life
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Recommendations for Studying the Impact of AI on Young People's Mental Health
- Building Sentence Structure May Be Language-Specific
- Treatment for Children With Obesity Has Lasting Effect
- Signposting Children to Weight Management Services Could Happen When Parents Attend an Adult Program
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- Fatal Neurodegenerative Disease in Kids Also Affects the Bowel
- Reading Signs: New Method Improves AI Translation of Sign Language
- Researchers Identify Three Psychological Profiles That Could Determine the Evolution of Mental, Cognitive and Brain Health in Aging
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- Efforts to Reduce Kids' Screen Time Weakened by Unequal Access to Green Space
- 'Sandwich Carers' Experience Decline in Mental and Physical Health
- Mixed Signals: How the Brain Interprets Social Cues
- Risk of Domestic Abuse Increases Over Time for Those Exposed to Childhood Maltreatment