Child Development Content

Understanding How Students Learn Through Virtual Reality

Jocelyn C Anderson — March 25, 2024 - 9:02am

How �ٺ��Ƶ virtual reality research is promoting STEAM learning and helping improve child education.

Nutrition Programs Alone Aren’t Enough to Support Healthy Brain Development

Amy M Quinton — September 16, 2019 - 3:38pm

Study by �ٺ��Ƶ researchers finds caregiving programs are five times more effective in supporting brain development in children from low- and middle-income countries.

Child Development Experts Discover Potential Upside to Prenatal Stress

Andy Fell — February 07, 2018 - 3:27pm

New research with prairie voles by child development experts at �ٺ��Ƶ suggests that prenatal stress promotes developmental plasticity in babies, making them especially likely to benefit from good parenting as well as suffer from negligent care.

Brain Changes Accompany Development of Metamemory from Childhood to Adolescence

Andy Fell — July 03, 2017 - 2:43pm

Being able to assess our own memories helps us to avoid errors and prompts us to collect more information to fill the gaps. Psychologists know that this ability is present in elementary school-age children. Now a new study shows how this “metamemory” improves from childhood through adolescence, with accompanying changes in brain structure. The work is published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Young Kids Get Physical and Intellectual Boost From Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements

Patricia Bailey — March 08, 2017 - 10:33am

In a study in Bangladesh, �ٺ��Ƶ researchers and colleagues found that during children's first 1,000 days, lipid-based supplements can significantly boost growth and development.