In an era of packed schedules, screen time, and intense focus on school readiness, many children are playing less than in previous generations, which harms development.

While there are certainly benefits to the use of technology by children, there are also potential drawbacks that must be considered. One of the most significant concerns is the risk of addiction and ...

Educational technologies are increasingly embedded in early childhood learning environments, from preschool through the first years of primary school and ...

Relational Frame Theory (RFT) offers a robust behavioural framework that elucidates the underpinnings of human language and cognition through the learned derivation of relations among stimuli. In ...

In a paper published October 1 in Nature Communications, University of Chicago Medicine pediatrician Dana Suskind, MD, along with University of Chicago economists John List, PhD, and Julie Pernaudet, ...

The Society for Research in Child Development will hold its Biennial Meeting virtually April 7 - April 9, 2021. The meeting brings together thousands of developmental scientists from around the world ...

Research over recent decades has shown that multisensory integration does not emerge fully formed at birth but develops gradually from infancy through ...

During this period, roughly covering ages 3 to 5, a child’s personality, interests, and social orientation begin to come into focus, but parents should keep in mind that personality traits, personal ...

Andrew Whitehouse receives funding from the NHMRC, the Angela Wright Bennett Foundation and the Autism CRC. Early childhood has received a great deal of attention in recent weeks, as Australia has ...