A child’s early exposure to language is at the core of their development, predicting language skills, cognitive ability, and academic achievement. Recent research emphasizes the importance of ...

Preparing students for a world driven by artificial intelligence starts long before college. The University of South Florida ...

And a body of research has found that rich, complex conversational turns are also essential elements of language development. Does early exposure to music boost a child’s cognitive development?

A new longitudinal study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry provides compelling evidence that a mother’s exposure to adversity in childhood can influence the emotional, ...

The research, published in Nature Human Behavior, analyzed MRI scans from over 1,000 children to map how different brain ...

In my lab, we study many different aspects of early cognitive development. For example, my students have developed studies exploring children's understanding of how Covid-19 gets transmitted; how a ...

Early childhood educators don’t read stories ... in programs at a younger age to reap more benefits of intellectual and social development. Additionally, the number of children enrolling ...

Early Childhood Development is an investment for life ... They found that the amount of cognitive stimulation available at age 4 affected cortical thickness, which has been linked with intelligence, ...