Can pretend play prevent childhood anxiety? Research finds that imaginative toddlers have fewer behavioral issues in primary school.

The research, published yesterday in Neuropsychopharmacology, used data from the NIH-supported Adolescent Brain Cognitive ...

Between the ages of three and four, children undergo a major leap in their ability to use grammar, and recent research ...

Upward mobility in immigrant families brings success, but also guilt, identity struggles, and distance. True growth requires balancing achievement with connection and belonging.

Sometimes parents worry that we will blame them for their children's difficulties. Instead I experience compassion.

In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

A signaling pathway best known for shaping the brain before birth also helps govern how adults learn, adapt, and persist in ...

Artificial intelligence will continue to transform education and daily life. Children will grow up with AI, but they need ...

First developed by the psychiatrist Lorna Wing in the 1980s, the term was intended to reflect the wide range of autistic ...

Nothing rivals the human brain's complexity. Its 86 billion neurons and 85 billion other cells make an estimated 100 trillion ...

Scientists think Neanderthal children may have had faster growth rates because larger bodies tend to retain heat more ...

Summary: A signaling receptor primarily known for sculpting the brain in the womb has been discovered to play a critical role ...