Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

CHICAGO -- Did you know babies can get depressed? Andria Goss, associate vice president of clinical and community services at the Erikson Institute, a graduate school for social work, early childhood ...

Researchers find that growing up in neighborhoods with more educational and socioeconomic opportunities has a positive impact on infants' brain activity. Growing up in neighborhoods with more ...

Self-awareness is a profound developmental advance that shapes how toddlers begin to understand themselves as separate individuals and relate to others. It's arrival is deeply intertwined with both ...

A longitudinal study in the Netherlands found that infants who displayed greater curiosity at 8 months of age tended to have ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age two showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower ...