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Image via Wikipedia I've touched upon life history theory earlier, in an oblique fashion, while discussing evolutionary perspectives on...
Parents who feel guilty about letting their young children watch too many fantasy movies on TV can relax. Researchers have discovered that youngsters who watch films like Harry Potter improve their imagination and creativity.
The connection between mother and child is ever deeper than thought...
Willpower alone doesn’t explain why some children forgo a marshmallow in hand for the prospect of getting two gooey treats later. Kids’ beliefs about the reliability of the people around them, such as the trustworthiness of an experimenter, can dramatically shape their willingness to wait for a sweeter payoff, a new study finds.
Drugs that are normally used to increase focus are in some cases being prescribed simply to improve struggling, low-income students’ academic performance at school.
Learning and good grades are not an either/or proposition.
Modern biology is making it clearer by the day that a man’s health and well-being have a measurable impact on his future children’s health and happiness.
Author Paul Tough says parents should focus less on SAT and IQ scores, and more on fostering grit, curiosity and character in their kids.
The essence of the joy of learning...
Unnecessary intervention makes your child feel bad about himself (if he’s young) or angry at you (if he’s a teenager.)...
Why our children’s success — and happiness — may depend less on perfect performance than on learning how to deal with failure.
TED Talks In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools' dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. An important, timely talk for parents and teachers.
Learn more about effective parenting when you have an ADHD child. By Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D....
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Finding the point at which babies' reactions change from being purely reflexive to reflecting more intention is leading researches to focus on the first glimmers of conscious thought in infants as young as 5 months old.
His revolutionary ideas create a psychology of possibility and transformation
The brains of teenage girls with behavioural disorders are structurally different to those of their peers, researchers have found.
Twenty-year research project shows that most critical aspect of cortex development in late teens was stimulation aged four...
There is often a big divide between what happens in the laboratory and the way laboratory findings are practically applied.
NPR coverage of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough. News, author interviews, critics' picks and more.
Laurence O'Dwyer: Researchers speculate that the brain networks behind ADHD may also be associated with 'suboptimal' economic decisions...
Urbana IL (SPX) Jul 31, 2012 - Events that take place early in life almost certainly have consequences for later cognitive development.
Flickr:Miish By Jennie Rose In his new book How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, author Paul Tough makes the ca...
The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-ol...
Why children with ASD develop a negative mindset. By Sam Goldstein, Ph.D....
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