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·May 13, 2022·4 min read

Video Games Can Boost Children’s Intelligence

Children who spent above-average time playing video games increased their intelligence by approximately 2.5 IQ points above the average.

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·April 29, 2022·5 min read

Stress, Anxiety and Depression During Pregnancy May Hinder Toddler’s Cognitive Development

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.

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·April 27, 2022·4 min read

Sharing Behavior Among Young Children May Be Related to Their Counting Skills

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.

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·April 26, 2022·3 min read

Parental Type 1 Diabetes Can Affect Children’s Cognitive Development

Type 1 diabetes in either parent was associated with an increased risk of cognitive development problems and lower academic performance in children.

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·January 31, 2022·4 min read

“Do You See What I See?” Study Shows Cross-Cultural Variation in Maternal Focus During Parent-Child Interactions

Study sheds new light on the roles of social interactions and cultural diversity in the development of attention.

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·July 1, 2021·3 min read

The Key Role of Astrocytes in Cognitive Development

Study reveals the role astrocytes play in the crucial closing period of brain plasticity following birth. The findings could help in the development of strategies to reintroduce plasticity in the adult brain.

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·June 30, 2021·7 min read

Study Associates Organic Food Intake in Childhood With Better Cognitive Development

Children whose diet included more organic foods scored better on tests of fluid intelligence and working memory, a new study reveals.

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·June 7, 2021·3 min read

Lack of Math Education Negatively Affects Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development

Discontinuing an education in math after age 16 can be disadvantageous for cognitive development, a new study reports. Those who stopped studying math at age 16 had lower levels of a chemical associated with brain plasticity in areas of the brain associated with cognitive function.

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·October 6, 2020·4 min read

Consuming Sugary Beverages While Breastfeeding Affects Cognitive Development in Children

Study reports a link between the consumption of sugary drinks and diets high in sugars in breastfeeding mothers and cognitive developmental problems in their babies.

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·February 12, 2020·5 min read

Component of human breast milk enhances cognitive development in babies

The oligosaccharide 2'FL from a mother's breast milk enhances cognitive development in her child. The amount of 2'FL in breast milk at one month was related to significantly higher cognitive development scores at the age of two.

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·January 27, 2020·3 min read

The brain may need iron for healthy cognitive development

Iron levels in the basal ganglia steadily increase throughout development and, in two sub-regions, continue to increase into adulthood. Decreased levels of iron in the putamen was correlated with impaired cognitive performance involving reasoning and spatial processing. Findings suggest the brain requires iron for healthy cognitive development.

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·June 5, 2019·5 min read

How the Internet may be changing the brain

Ubiquitous access to the internet may be altering the structure of our brains, as well as influencing our attentional capabilities, memory and social behaviors.