Medical research

Premature birth linked to poorer school grades in adolescence

Premature birth, before 34 weeks of pregnancy, is linked to lower scores in math and language tests as a teenager compared with those born at 40 weeks, finds a large Danish population study published today in The BMJ.

Psychology & Psychiatry

What pretend play tells us about social cognition

The ability to adopt another person's perspective is important for social cognition and, consequently, for human coexistence. But at what point during child development are we able to do this?

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