The first 1,000 days of a child’s life – pregnancy and the months leading to their second birthday – are a critical time.

Metacognition, or the awareness of your own thinking and thought processes, is recognized as an important step in cognitive development—for example, when a child reads a page of a book ...

A comprehensive review published in Genomic Psychiatry presents groundbreaking findings from the Lothian Birth Cohorts ...

Exercise has been shown to improve brain health and reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia over the long-term. But ...

Child psychology is one of the many branches of psychology. Also often referred to as developmental psychology, this ...

Groundbreaking Scottish research traces cognitive changes from age 11 to 82, providing unprecedented insights into brain health across a lifetime. A landmark 25-year research program has revealed ...

Childhood adversities have distinct effects on mental health and cognitive development, necessitating a nuanced understanding beyond the traditional adverse childhood experiences framework.