Parents face an increasingly difficult decision: embrace technology in children’s education or protect their developing ...

A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.

When answers arrive preformed, that developmental pressure disappears. Children still learn, but they may be learning ...

A new study has uncovered the ways different types of play are linked to children's social abilities and brain activity. The ...

Which of our qualities make us uniquely human? This is a question that has been explored for centuries by philosophers such as Plato, Marx, Kant and Wittgenstein. In the 1970s, this question was ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder can impact many common childhood milestones and cognitive processes, such as decision-making, inhibitory control, language development, and goal-setting.

Positive psychology is a movement that puts the focus on happiness and thriving rather than problems and mental illness. According to Psychology Today, "Positive psychology is a branch of psychology ...

Rain Bosworth, who was diagnosed as deaf as a child, grew up surrounded by a loving hearing family. Her lifelong experience in this environment has become the driving force behind her research into ...

Nov. 3 (UPI) --Children living in poor neighborhoods don't perform as well on cognitive function tests and have lower "brain volume" compared to those who reside in higher-income areas, an analysis ...

A recent analysis of a major developmental dataset reveals that children who play musical instruments over several years ...