Early parent–child interactions lay the groundwork for communication, social and cognitive development. Yet many of the ...

In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, researchers assessed the impact of infant-directed singing on the social visual behavior of the infant. When ...

BabyX is a hyper-realistic computer-generated simulation of a human infant. In a world first, developmental psychology researchers at the University of Auckland will use the digital child to research ...

November 1, 2006 (San Diego) — The best way to address infantile anorexia and restore normal growth is by helping the parents reduce stress and control issues around mealtimes, according to ...

Human infants have limited motor capabilities, which prevents them from accessing and exploring all parts of their surrounding environment, and also makes them difficult research participants to study ...

The more Arnold Gesell studies children, the more complicated he finds them. Probably the world’s best-informed expert on child behavior, he has examined thousands, with cameras and his solemn eye, in ...

More than 6 million kids in the U.S. have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD for short. Untreated, it can lead to major behavior problems at school and at home. Now, scientists may have ...

Efforts to detect autism spectrum disorder before the age of two mostly rely on parental reports, as opposed to infant behavior. Measuring infant behavior, however, directly provides vital information ...

When it comes to babies, what goes down … must sometimes come up. From spit-up to food refusal, about 50% of infants develop ...

Nearly every parent has had an experience in which their child eats more sugar than usual and seems to be bouncing off the walls or has an uncharacteristic tantrum or meltdown. We might laugh it off ...