Regardless of the game type or length of time a child plays a video game, there is no correlation with a decline in cognitive ability, a new study reports.
Children born at or before 34 weeks of gestation tended to have lower scores in tests for mathematics, language, and IQ as teenagers compared to those born at full term.
A new model of vertical microbiome transmission between mother and child has been reported. Researchers say microbes in the maternal gut share genes with those in the infant's gut during the perinatal period directly following birth up to a few weeks postbirth.
Family TV time can have a beneficial effect on a child's cognitive development, a new study reports.
A new computational neuroscience study sheds light on how the brain's cognitive abilities develop and could help shape new AI research.
Children who sleep less than 9 hours per night have significant differences in brain regions associated with memory, intelligence, and well-being compared to their peers who sleep 9 or more hours per night. Less sleep in children was also associated with increased risks of depression, anxiety, and impulsive behaviors.
Children who attend school close to busy roads and traffic are more likely to experience deficits in working memory and attention, a new study reports.
The duration of a baby's crying decreases significantly after five weeks of age, but crying remains an important part of a child's communication repertoire after the age of six months.
Children who spent above-average time playing video games increased their intelligence by approximately 2.5 IQ points above the average.
Stress, anxiety, and depression during pregnancy were associated with altered key features in fetal brain development, resulting in decreased cognitive offspring in a child at 18 months of age.
A young child's counting skills are the single biggest predictor of their ability to participate in fair sharing behaviors. Prompting children to count improves their pro-social sharing behaviors, researchers say.
Type 1 diabetes in either parent was associated with an increased risk of cognitive development problems and lower academic performance in children.
