The more Arnold Gesell studies children, the more complicated he finds them. Probably the world’s best-informed expert on child behavior, he has examined thousands, with cameras and his solemn eye, in ...

Springing the Blues festival returns to Jacksonville Beach April 4-6. More than 6 million kids in the U.S. have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD for short. Untreated, it can lead to ...

Researchers studying babies to discover the origins of perception and cognition measure what babies look at, or what captures their attention. But scholars have long wondered how much they can rely on ...

In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, researchers assessed the impact of infant-directed singing on the social visual behavior of the infant. When ...

Infant facial preference and early sensitive parenting may predict development of callous, unemotional traits, which in turn might indicate a tendency toward antisocial behavior, new research suggests ...

November 1, 2006 (San Diego) — The best way to address infantile anorexia and restore normal growth is by helping the parents reduce stress and control issues around mealtimes, according to ...

Efforts to detect autism spectrum disorder before the age of two mostly rely on parental reports, as opposed to infant behavior. Measuring infant behavior, however, directly provides vital information ...

Research across decades and multiple disciplines has made it clear that the forces which shape early human development are far more complex than “nature” or “nurture.” For example, it has come to ...

DEVELOPMENT SOONER. HEY, HEY, JOB BY THESE SMILES AND LITTLE GIGGLES, YOU WOULD THINK THIS IS JUST PLAYTIME, BUT THIS PLAYTIME IS PART OF A FIRST OF ITS KIND STUDY FOCUSED ON SITTING BEHAVIOR. I ...

By analyzing layers in these teeth, scientists have pinpointed a critical window when baby brains are most vulnerable to ...