The largest US study to date on teen cannabis uses shows that cannabis use during adolescence may hinder cognitive improvement over time.

A new study from The Ohio State University reveals that in children as young as three, brain regions for language and for understanding others’ thoughts and feelings are already distinct, mirroring ...

For children with autism spectrum disorder and with an intellectual disability, the options for improving communication and ...

A viral social media post has reignited debate over tablets and young children. Experts say the research points to possible ...

From early childhood, the brain runs two systems side by side. One helps children understand words. The other helps them ...

Babies exposed to high amounts of air pollution in the womb show slower signs of development at 18 months than those exposed ...

Researchers using fMRI scans have found that in young children, brain regions for language and for understanding others’ thoughts are distinct, mirroring adult brain organization. The study challenges ...

Children are growing up in a world where screens are everywhere: in living rooms, classrooms, cars and even at the dinner ...

Researchers discover that language and Theory of Mind originate in separate brain regions in children, challenging theories of overlapping cognitive development.

A new study is the first to show that two of our most sophisticated cognitive functions, using and understanding language and being able to sense how other people feel, have distinct origins in the ...

The exposome encompasses the entire archive of our encounters with the world; it is written, molecule by molecule, into your ...

Specific genomic regions that seem to play a role in human language development evolved hundreds of thousands of years ago, ...