Infants whose mothers regularly use language to describe what their child is thinking or feeling, have higher levels of the hormone oxytocin, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Parents are much less likely to intervene when their young children are getting dressed or performing other simple chores if those tasks are framed as learning opportunities, according to a
In a polarized nation, there is one thing that nearly all Americans agree on, according to a recent study: Sports are good for us. Researchers from The Ohio State University
We’ve all been there. Moments after leaving a party, your brain is suddenly filled with intrusive thoughts about what others were thinking. “Did they think I talked too much?” “Did
New research reveals many prenatal vitamins don’t contain enough of the nutrients that are essential for a healthy pregnancy, while others contain harmful levels of toxic metals. The study published
As young children, how do we build our vocabulary? Even by age 1, many infants seem to think that if they hear a new word, it means something different from
Adolescents who snore frequently were more likely to exhibit behavior problems such as inattention, rule-breaking, and aggression, but they do not have any decline in their cognitive abilities, according to
An estimated 13.8 million people in the U.S. will have Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by 2050, two thirds of whom are projected to be women. The brain circuitry underlying memory is
People around the world associate a trilled R sound with a rough texture and a jagged shape, and an L sound with smooth texture and a flat shape, according to
Children living in war-torn countries not only suffer from poor mental health outcomes, but war may cause adverse biological changes at the DNA level, which could have lifelong health impacts,
