Dialogue Improves Children’s Learning Abilities
Dialogue Improves Children’s Learning Abilities
Regardless of parental income and education, children who engage in more two-way conversation with their parents learn better.
Regardless of parental income and education, children who engage in more two-way conversation with their parents learn better.
Early childhood
Amazonians Offer Clues to Human Childhood Development
Shawna Williams | Jul 1, 2018 | 4 min read
A study of Shuar children in Ecuador provides a window into how the human body responds to infection in the sorts of conditions that shaped our species’ evolution.
Study: Toddlers of Obese Parents More Susceptible to Developmental Delays
Ben Andrew Henry | Jan 3, 2017 | 1 min read
Children born to obese parents are at increased risk of failing motor development and cognitive tests, according to an NIH-led study.
Early-Life Stress Affects Telomeres Later
Anna Azvolinsky | Oct 3, 2016 | 3 min read
An accumulation of stressful events in childhood is associated with shorter telomeres as a person ages, researchers report.
Antibiotics and the Gut Microbiome
Anna Azvolinsky | Jun 30, 2015 | 3 min read
Antibiotics given to infant mice may have long-term effects on the animals’ metabolism and gut microbiota.
Telomeres Show Signs of Early-Life Stress
Rina Shaikh-Lesko | Apr 7, 2014 | 3 min read
Reduction in telomere length is associated with stress early on in life and may have a genetic component, researchers find.