A new study has uncovered the ways different types of play are linked to children's social abilities and brain activity. The ...

Developmental delays can affect a child’s physical, cognitive, communication, social, emotional, or behavioral skills. Often, delays affect more than one area of development. When a child has delays ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana’s new mask mandate may affect how people interpret emotional cues. Young children especially rely on facial expressions to understand situations. With face coverings, ...

From limited attention spans to moodiness, there are a number of cognitive effects from excessive screen time, research shows.

The average number of children per family in the United States has fallen dramatically, from seven in 1800 to fewer than two in 2018. That’s good news for kids’ cognitive development, suggests a ...

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 recent analysis of a major developmental dataset reveals that children who play musical instruments over several years ...

Child and Adolescent Development is the study of the biological, physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive growth and development of the child from conception through emerging adulthood. Using theory, ...

Climate change could pose a threat to children's intellectual development, a new study says. Kids growing up under higher-than-usual temperatures -- average temps above 86 degrees Fahrenheit -- are ...

Researchers at UConn and the University of Minnesota have discovered that there may be more to the "summer slide" phenomenon ...