Childhood Development

Is it a simple program that brings about rapid and dramatic improvements in learning abilities or a vast empire of pseudoscience that involves lying to children? The supporters (mainly ...

Gifted children are those with high intelligence or talent. Giftedness is hard to define and measure. It may lead to difficulties as cognitive development outstrips the rate of social and emotional ...

The German philosopher Goethe said that "The person who knows only one language does not truly know that language". In today's era of globalisation the ability to communicate fully in more than one ...

The term "g" is used by researchers to describe "General intelligence". It represents a measure of overall cognitive ability across a diverse variety of tests. It's not the same as IQ but it does ...

Although other animals can communicate, sometimes even at quite a sophisticated level, humans are the only species that actually speak. Every normal human child successfully learns a first language ...

Can you touch your nose with your right index finger? Unless you've been drinking lots of alcohol or have damage to the cerebellum in your brain you shouldn't have a problem. So you may be ...

Babies' brains are big business. Advances in basic neuroscience have led to increased understanding of how our brains grow and develop. Yet controversy arises over ideas about the practical ...

Just sixteen days after an embryo is conceived, a structure called the neural plate begins to form. A few days later this develops into the neural tube, which looks like a fat worm stretched along ...

Despite claims made by Simon and Garfunkel, no man is an island. All human beings need to be liked and accepted by others. We're sociable animals, so our social skill levels may well be the most ...