Largest U.S. study links teen cannabis use to slower cognitive development and reduced gains in memory and attention.

The environment in which children grow up can play a central role in their mental development and psychological well-being.

Research on infant thinking suggests that babies are more complex thinkers than was once believed. There is now evidence that, by the end of their first year, children are capable of logical reasoning ...

Researchers discovered that children who went to bed and woke up at inconsistent times showed lower scores in language-related and memory-related tasks.

If you have a child, a younger sibling, or even a friend with a kid, you’ll know just how quickly they seem to grow up. One minute they’re a little newborn raisin, screaming, sleeping, pooping, and ...

At what age does an adolescent start thinking as an adult? A new study published this week in Nature Communications presents some of the first definitive evidence that executive function—a set of ...

A review of 73 studies suggests that poor nutrition in early childhood may affect intelligence, learning ability, and ...

Multimodal models and world models are emerging as promising frameworks for extending language-based AI beyond text, towards ...

The first few years of a child’s life is critical to their overall development, so that’s why many parents are concerned with making sure their child develops the cognitive abilities they need early ...