Parents have long intuitively known that music holds more than mere entertainment value for their little ones. Now, ...

With obesity and diabetes rising in people as young as their 20s, clinicians face a looming challenge in preventing early ...

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, psychologist Dr Vandana V. Prakash details how playing with toys helps your child, urging parents to limit screen time.

Researchers analyzed 139 neuroimaging studies spanning ages 5 to 85 to map the brain’s activity in cognitive control.

Some A.I. tools are carefully designed for education and can help children follow their curiosity, fill in learning holes and ...

Research on infant thinking suggests that babies are more complex thinkers than was once believed. There is now evidence that, by the end of their first year, children are capable of logical reasoning ...

A study in newborn chicks shows that brain lateralisation is essential for the development of a left-to-right mental number line.

Traffic noise intruding on schools may have a detrimental impact on the development of memory and attention in elementary students, a new study finds. The study, published on Thursday in PLoS Medicine ...

Researchers delve into the bilingual experience and its impact on children's context-sensitive perception of trust, offering insights into how language diversity can enrich and benefit children's ...

Consider 'wisdom.' What comes to mind? An old man, long white beard, sitting upon folded legs, and eyes closed? Whatever it ...

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.