Childhood experiences shape the brain's white matter with cognitive effects...
Investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the white matter communication highways throughout the adolescent brain. This reduced connectivity is...
View ArticleEarly education impacts teenage behavior
Researchers explored the long-term effects of preschool expansion in Japan in the 1960s, revealing significant reductions in risky behaviors amongst teenagers. By analyzing regional differences in the...
View ArticleFirst insights into how excitatory and inhibitory brain signals change as...
A study has shown how aspects of brain function change with age, revealing that excitatory processes in the brain decrease, while inhibitory processes increase as children get older. The findings are...
View ArticleHidden potential in multiple disabilities
Using eye-tracking -- a technique for recording and analyzing eye movements -- a team has shown that individuals with multiple disabilities can improve their social and emotional skills. Although these...
View ArticleGestational diabetes linked to ADHD in children
A new study has found children born to mothers who experienced gestational diabetes (GDM) during pregnancy are more likely to develop attention-deficient hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and externalizing...
View ArticlePrimate mothers display different bereavement response to humans
Macaque mothers experience a short period of physical restlessness after the death of an infant, but do not show typical human signs of grief, such as lethargy and appetite loss, finds a new study by...
View ArticleNurturing now, thriving later: The lasting power of affectionate mothering
Affectionate mothering in childhood may have a lasting impact on important personality traits, potentially influencing life outcomes such as educational achievement, economic success, and health and...
View ArticleFather's mental health can impact children for years
Five-year-olds exposed to paternal depression are more likely to have behavioral issues in grade school, researchers find.
View ArticleNovel treatment approach for language disorder shows promise
Neuroscientists have developed a new treatment approach for a language disorder that combines traditional speech therapy with noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain. Brain stimulation helped...
View ArticleAdolescents who sleep longer perform better at cognitive tasks
Adolescents who sleep for longer -- and from an earlier bedtime -- than their peers tend to have improved brain function and perform better at cognitive tests, researchers have shown. But the study of...
View ArticleBy 15 months, infants begin to learn new words for objects, even those...
A new study by developmental scientists offers the first evidence that infants as young as 15 months can identify an object they have learned about from listening to language -- even if the object...
View ArticleListeners use gestures to predict upcoming words
In face-to-face conversations, speakers use hand movements to signal meaning. But do listeners actually use these gestures to predict what someone might say next? In a study using virtual avatars,...
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