Nourishing young minds is crucial for cognitive growth and behavior. Seven power-packed foods, from soaked almonds to fish, ...

New research suggests that social media isn’t just feeding your kid the latest memes — it may actually be messing with their ...

Increasing social media usage among children has been linked to a decline in cognitive performance. A JAMA study involving ...

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

In case parents needed another reason to police their children's screen time, new research shows that social media use is hurting preteens' memory and reading skills.

While the addictive nature of scrolling through social media platforms is already known to impact mental health, less is known about the impact on cognition and how well children think, learn, and ...

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

Disney’s two Inside Out films make emotions the personified stars of child development. The Inside Out series focuses on the emotional life of Riley, who we first meet as a happy hockey-loving child.

Breast milk in women with HIV contains significantly lower levels of the essential amino acid tryptophan, researchers found. Tryptophan is important for an infant’s immune function, growth and brain ...