The department offers an interdisciplinary graduate certificate in development studies. Development Studies is a well-established, interdisciplinary field of research with institutional centers at a ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. As more children are raised in a digital world, researchers, doctors, and parents are becoming more ...

A study suggesting that the human brain enters a stable phase around age 32 has people in their 20s feeling validated. University of Cambridge neuroscientists released their research results on ...

In news that will surprise few but still alarm many, a study has found that kids 2-5 years old who engage in more screen time received worse scores in developmental screening tests. The apparent ...

A 1960’s twin study, conducted in New York City, still attracts attention. In the mid-1960s, the Louise Wise Adoption Agency began placing twins in different adoptive homes. This practice was adopted ...

The environment in which children grow up can play a central role in their mental development and psychological well-being. For instance, past studies have found that a family's socioeconomic status ...

A new study in the journal Nature Mental Health explores how a mother’s positive state of mind during pregnancy affects the structure and function of the developing fetal brain by measuring these ...