Home-based interventions that teach parents to engage children in playful interactive learning activities can close the cognitive development gap between disadvantaged children and higher-resource peers, according to a new ...
Apr 7, 2016
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A research has proven, for the first time, that maternal supplementation with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 essential polyunsaturated fatty acid, enhances fetal iron metabolism thanks to a greater expression of key ...
Feb 22, 2016
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A study out today sheds new light on multiple sclerosis (MS), specifically damage in the brain caused by the disease that may explain the slow and continuous cognitive decline that many patients experience. The findings, ...
Jan 26, 2016
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Amid a growing market of television shows, electronic toys and apps targeted at young children, the impact on early childhood cognitive development from those sedentary activities is under scrutiny by a group of researchers ...
Dec 8, 2015
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Children with epilepsy face a number of challenges compared with their healthy peers, including an increased risk of cognitive impairment. Three studies presented the American Epilepsy Society's (AES) 69th Annual Meeting ...
Dec 6, 2015
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At 12 months old, your infant's ability to group objects according to the names associated with them—as opposed to their appearance alone—offers a glimpse into how his or her vocabulary will develop by the time they are ...
Aug 31, 2015
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Sun, sand, surf and a smile across a crowded beach might spark a summer romance, but once the season passes, will the glow endure?
Aug 5, 2015
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A newborn's first stool can signal the child may struggle with persistent cognitive problems, according to Case Western Reserve University Project Newborn researchers.
Jul 13, 2015
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Stunting remains stubbornly persistent in South Africa, despite economic growth, political and social transitions, and national nutritional programmes, says a Wits-led research team.
Jul 1, 2015
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People with autism are often described as "seeing the world differently." They tend to show superior perception for details, like, for example, the autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire's highly accurate representations of cityscapes ...
Jun 11, 2015
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