Child Brain Development

Paul Solman: James Heckman is one of the economists of the hour — a quirky star whose work is now in the limelight. He teaches...

For the first time, Wayne State University researchers have shown brain connectivity in fetuses, a discovery that could lead to...

Every year, millions of well-intentioned American kids show up at kindergarten or first grade woefully unprepared to learn. Some...

If you started piano lessons in grade one, or played the recorder in kindergarten, thank your parents and teachers, as researche...

Encouragement and praise can come in many forms, and some ways are better for child development than others.

Researchers at th...

Scientists are scanning the brains of 500 unborn babies using a revolutionary new imaging technology in an attempt to trace the...