Largest U.S. study links teen cannabis use to slower cognitive development and reduced gains in memory and attention.

A large—scale review prepared by scientists at Swansea University has shown that the quality of nutrition in the early years ...

A major new review led by Swansea University has highlighted growing evidence that diet in the early years of life may shape how well the brain develops, with effects that can still be seen in ...

Research on infant thinking suggests that babies are more complex thinkers than was once believed. There is now evidence that, by the end of their first year, children are capable of logical reasoning ...

Optimal nutrition during infancy and childhood is fundamental to survival, growth, cognitive development, immune function, ...

A review of 73 studies suggests that poor nutrition in early childhood may affect intelligence, learning ability, and ...

At what age does an adolescent start thinking as an adult? A new study published this week in Nature Communications presents some of the first definitive evidence that executive function—a set of ...

Researchers discovered that children who went to bed and woke up at inconsistent times showed lower scores in ...

Multimodal models and world models are emerging as promising frameworks for extending language-based AI beyond text, towards ...