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

Higher vitamin D levels in early pregnancy may boost children’s cognitive development. A recent study from the Environmental ...

MIT News reports on new tools for assessing military brain health developed by researchers for better cognitive readiness testing.

Early-initiated childhood reading for pleasure: associations with better cognitive performance, mental well-being and brain structure in young adolescence. Psychological Medicine, 2023; 1 DOI: 10. ...

Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) is best known for his theories of cognitive development in children. Two of the cognitive processes he explored extensively were assimilation and ...

Research shows that early childhood maltreatment is associated with significant delays in social and cognitive development.

"Bilingualism as a catalyst for social development in children." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 24 July 2023. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 07 / 230724122708.htm>.

Creative activities boost a child's development. Music sharpens language skills. Art rewires the brain for better thinking.

However, most kids can adapt to routines quickly. “Infants usually require around 12 to 16 hours of sleep a day, where a ...

Fluoride has long been the subject of conspiracy theories. In the 1950s, some believed its presence in US tap water was a communist plot to undermine America (famously satirised in the film Dr.