What is cognitive development? Expert Dr Samantha Durrant answers parents' questions around this tricky subject, and how it ...

Children from wealthier families tend to start school with a better ability to hold and use information in their minds, but engaging kids in activities like reading or puzzles is associated with ...

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 ...

Childhood adversities have distinct effects on mental health and cognitive development, necessitating a nuanced understanding beyond the traditional adverse childhood experiences framework. The study ...

Parenting exerts a profound and multifaceted influence on the trajectory of emotional and cognitive development in childhood. Through a combination of caregiving behaviours—such as sensitive ...

Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development has been a central framework for understanding how children grow and learn. His model describes development through four sequential stages: sensorimotor, ...

Adolescence, the life stage that marks the transition between childhood and adulthood, is known to be a vital period for the brain's development. During this critical phase, people's mental abilities, ...

What determines mental health, school performance, and even cognitive development? A new review in De Gruyter's Reviews in the Neurosciences suggests that poverty and low socioeconomic status (SES) ...

Young men who grew up with a parent diagnosed with a mental disorder tend to score slightly lower on cognitive tests in late ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder can impact many common childhood milestones and cognitive processes, such as decision-making, inhibitory control, language development, and goal-setting.

Sechenov University specialists have created a prototype VR simulator for training cognitive skills in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The system allows patients to develop important ...