Child Development
Thinking about others is not child's play: brain study
When you try to read other people’s thoughts, or guess why they are behaving a certain way, you employ a skill known as theory of mind. This skill, as measured by false-belief tests, takes time to develop: ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 09, 2012 |
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People merge supernatural and scientific beliefs when reasoning with the unknown, study shows
(Medical Xpress)—Reliance on supernatural explanations for major life events, such as death and illness, often increases rather than declines with age, according to a new psychology study from The University of Texas at ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 30, 2012 |
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Child's counting comprehension may depend on objects counted, study shows
such as toys, tiles and blocks—that students can touch and move around, called manipulatives, have been used to teach basic math skills since the 1980s. Use of manipulatives is based on the long-held belief that young children's ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 18, 2013 |
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Marital conflict causes stress in children, may affect cognitive development
Marital conflict is a significant source of environmental stress for children, and witnessing such conflict may harm children's stress response systems which, in turn, may affect their mental and intellectual development.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 28, 2013 |
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Chain of violence: Study shows impact on Palestinian and Israeli children
Children exposed to ethnic and political violence in the Middle East are more aggressive than other children, a new study shows. And the younger children are, the more strongly they are affected, in a "chain of violence" ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 21, 2012 |
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Sibling squabbles can lead to depression, anxiety
Holiday presents will soon be under the tree for millions of adolescents. With those gifts may come sibling squabbles over violations of personal space, such as unwanted borrowing of a fashionable clothing item, or arguments ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 20, 2012 |
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Genetics plays major role in victimization in elementary school
Genetics plays a major role in peer rejection and victimization in early elementary school, according to a study recently published on the website of the journal Child Development by a team directed by Dr. Michel Boivin, a rese ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 16, 2013 |
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Teens' struggles with peers forecast long-term adult problems
Teenagers' struggles to connect with their peers in the early adolescent years while not getting swept along by negative peer influences predict their capacity to form strong friendships and avoid serious problems even ten ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 28, 2013 |
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Can instilling racial pride in black teens lead to better educational outcomes?
African American adolescents tend to have more success in school if their parents instill in them a sense of racial pride, reducing their vulnerability to the effects of racial discrimination from teachers and peers.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Negative stereotypes about boys hinder their academic achievement
Negative stereotypes about boys may hinder their achievement, while assuring them that girls and boys are equally academic may help them achieve. From a very young age, children think boys are academically inferior to girls, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Differential parenting found to affect whole family
Parents act differently with different children—for example, being more positive with one child and more negative with another. A new longitudinal study has found that this behavior negatively affects not only the child ...
Pediatrics
Feb 12, 2013 |
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At 6 months, development of children with autism like those without
The development of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is much like that of children without ASD at 6 months of age, but differs afterwards. That's the main finding of the largest prospective, longitudinal study ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Oct 30, 2012 |
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