http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Children who play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills, a study by University of Chicago researchers has found. Puzzle play was found to be a significant predictor of cognition after controlling for differences in parents' income, education and the overall amount of parent language input. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-puzzle-boost-math-related-skills.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:41:23 EST news248589669 Preschool children who hear their parents describe the size and shape of objects and then use those words themselves perform better on tests of their spatial skills, researchers at the University of Chicago have found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-spatial-terms-children-skills.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:48:45 EST news240065302