December

1. A lot of brain architecture is shaped during the first three years after birth. However, despite a widespread belief to the contrary, the window of opportunity for brain development does not close on a child’s third birthday. While the regions of the brain dedicated to higher-order functions, which involve most social, emotional, and cognitive […]

A study, by scientists at West Chester University and the University of Delaware, which appeared in the journal Child Development and funded by the Research: Art Works program at the National Endowment for the Arts proposes that arts programs may help lower stress in economically disadvantaged pre-schoolers. Everyone should know, these days, that poverty can […]

Scientists are researching ways to tap into memories from early childhood that have previously been thought as being irretrievable. The research could potentially lead to methods of blocking memories that have a negative impact on adults. Without a doubt, most adults are unable to recall from memory, anything from their first couple years of life. […]

In order to learn new words, researchers have found that children use an automatic object-association technique, which is remarkably similar to how robots learn. Young children are notorious for how quickly they can pick up words. In order to better understand the mechanics of such early learning, a new study tested the object association skills […]