Research demonstrates speech-in-noise training helps children with auditory processing disorder
Children with APD have difficulty perceiving speech when there is background noise and may have trouble on cognitive tests
Kids can tell if you're smiling under your mask
Study finds that a mask has the same impact as sunglasses on a child's ability to perceive the wearer's emotions
Children can, and should, wear masks in school
The CDC says it is safe for kids two years old and older to wear a mask
Children that go to school near major roadways experience more severe asthma
New research reiterates that air pollution is a public health risk, and that children in cities are particularly at risk
Children with musical education gain greater self-control
Ability to delay gratification may help explain the benefits of musical training
Lead poisoning hits low-income children harder than their affluent neighbors
Children living in poverty suffer greater cognitive and physical effects from lead exposure than children from richer families, even if they live in the same area
Instead of climbing into an MRI machine, a new test asks children to just blink
We can now bypass MRIs and instead use trace eyeblink conditioning to measure brain function
New study finds that too much screen time can alter children's brains
WHO guidelines state that children between 3-4 years old should spend no more than one hour per day looking at a screen
Being a Pokémon Master in childhood permanently alters your brain
Hours spent catching 'em all primes the brain to recognize familiar, pixelated Pikachus
Why parents should think twice about tracking apps for their kids
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
Should parents fear potatoes as much as screens?
A new study says neither have serious positive or negative impacts on childhood well-being
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Two behavioral neuroscientists discuss the long-term damage of family separation
The neurological and behavioral consequences of separating children from parents, especially mothers, can persist into adulthood
Meet Mamie Phipps Clark, the social psychologist who helped outlaw segregated schools
She became the first black woman to earn a PhD in psychology from Columbia University
Here's what happens to hamster brains when they don't get enough play
Play might be more important for brain development than we thought