Teacher Leticia Denoya stands at the front of her classroom, at Natchaug Elementary in Windham, Conn. Her first-graders sit criss-cross applesauce on the reading rug. "Do you remember last week, we ...

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and ...

Reading aloud is a wonderful way to build a love of stories and language. But listening to books does not, on its own, teach most children how to read. Only about 5 percent of students will learn to ...

A study published in JAMA Network Open identifies four distinct profiles of Nonverbal Learning Disability (NVLD), providing ...

Children often learn new languages more easily than adults do, but it’s unclear why. Some hypothesize that grasping a language requires absorbing subtle patterns unconsciously and that adults’ ...

A study led by Dr. Amy Margolis of The Ohio State University in collaboration with researchers at the Child Mind Institute identifies four distinct profiles of Nonverbal Learning Disability (NVLD), ...

In the cerebral cortex, numerous neurons exchange information through junctions known as synapses. The strength of each synaptic connection changes depending on the activity levels of the neurons ...

Puberty is not a discrete developmental event; rather it is a process typically beginning between 8 and 13 years in girls and 9 and 14 years in boys. The age at which children begin puberty has been ...