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.

Successful cognitive development between childhood and adulthood has important consequences for future mental and physical wellbeing, as well as occupational and financial success. Therefore, ...

A major new review led by Swansea University has highlighted growing evidence that diet in the early years of life may shape how well the brain develops, with effects that can still be seen in ...

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 ...

The relationship of cognitive developmental trajectories during the dynamic first years with later life development outcomes remains unclear in low- and middle-income countries. 1388 Children born to ...

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

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 ...