A new study found that the leading environmental factor influencing brain structure and function is the socioeconomic status ...

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 ...

"What too much screen time leads to is a variety of missed opportunities for learning and development," one of the study's authors tells TIME Limiting kids’ access to digital devices may have more of ...

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 ...

Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain. Air pollution causes harmful contaminants, ...

A Singapore study tracking 328 mother-child pairs has found two distinct pathways linking maternal mental health to child outcomes at age four. The research from A*STAR Institute for Human Development ...

The Global South Development studies program, a multidisciplinary social science program, explores the transformation of African, Asian, Latin American and Middle Eastern societies since the 16th ...

The most comprehensive survey of clinical success rates across the drug industry to date shows productivity may be even lower than previous estimates. This article aims to measure clinical development ...

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 ...