which may disrupt cognitive and language development and socialization and particularly hamper a child's ability to develop trust or self-esteem, or to form healthy relationships with others.

In this cross-sectional study of children ages 9 to 10, moderately preterm birth was associated with long-term cognitive problems independent of socioeconomic status, genetics, and other risk factors.

Metacognition, or the awareness of your own thinking and thought processes, is recognized as an important step in cognitive development—for example, when a child reads a page of a book ...

Fluoride occurs naturally in drinking water, especially well water, but the concentrations are generally low in public water ...

A new strengths checklist aims to help parents, carers and clinicians more easily identify a child’s skills, talents and ...

Podcast: Do young children prefer to rely on their memory, or do they take the easier route and use external aids like lists ...

They're always learning and growing and it's easy to lose grasp on what certain terms, like 'cognitive development', actually mean for you and your child. We spoke to lecturer in psychology and ...

Certain elements of play contribute directly to children's physical and cognitive development. This helps them grow from ...

A study by Mass General Brigham involving over 9,000 participants found that early life adversity is linked to weaker white ...