Newborns arrive into the world with an immunity system with antibodies transferred to by their mothers via the placenta. The rules by which the placenta performs this essential function have been unknown but could hold the key to generating more powerful vaccines to protect infants.
Date Posted: June 24, 2019
Categories: Child Development, Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Health ...
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Psychologists have found strong associations between working memory and 3 health related factors; sleep, age and depressed mood. This study shows how these factors are associated with memory quality and quantity.
Jun 22
Categories: Child Development, Cognitive Problems Amnesia / Dementia, Sleep ...
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Research from the University of Georgia says that both types of involvement – caregiving vs play, workday vs non-workday – have an impact on the quality of the early father-child relationship.
Jun 19
Categories: Attachment Issues, Caregiver Issues / Stress, Child Development
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A study of nearly 3000 fourth, fifth and sixth graders, aged between 10-12 – revealed a connection between midday napping and greater happiness, self-control, fever behavioural problems and higher IQ. Neuro-criminologist Adrian Raine says that, ...
Jun 19
Categories: Academic Issues, Child Development, Health Psychology
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Researchers have compared between 38 pregnant women, currently well with history of depression and bipolar disorder against 28 other healthy pregnant women. They also tested 18 non-pregnant women, as controls. Between the 27th and 39th weeks of ...
Jun 15
Categories: Bipolar, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Depression
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The impact of gaming on children has plagued concerned parents for years, but recent studies have found that gaming is in fact not as detrimental to the social competence of children as most might belief. Norwegian researchers have analyzed the ...
Jun 7
Categories: Child Development, Social Isolation
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Children who have an older sibling with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at an increased risk of having autism, a new study suggests1. The reverse is also true.
Jan 23
Categories: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism spectrum ...
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Narcissism has a negative connotation and is often seen as an undesirable trait to have. However, recent findings show that there are positive effects to narcissism, such as mental toughness and openness to experience.
Nov 16
Categories: Child Development, Health Psychology, Self-Confidence
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This article talks about how the influence of technology can affect parents’ attitude towards their children and the quality of parent-children interactions.
Nov 13
Categories: Child Development, Parenting, Social Isolation
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It is often easy to put the blame on others when we do something wrong or realize a flaw within us, however it might not be the best way to resolve our emotional conflicts.
Nov 13
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Adult psychological ...
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Attachment theory has been increasingly linked to a myriad of disruptions to personal and interpersonal functioning, as well as mental health diagnoses. It was founded by psychiatrist John Bowlby in the 60s and continue to be a very relevant piece ...
Nov 10
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Adult psychological ...
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This article explores the different reasons family estrangement can occur and how a child copes with their decision to distant themselves from their family.
Oct 26
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Child and/or Adolescent ...
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This article talks about how games make use of certain psychological aspects that keep children addicted to their phones.
Oct 25
Categories: Addictions, Child Development
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This article identifies various common parenting styles and how supportive rejection can be beneficial to a child’s growth.
Oct 23
Categories: Child Development, Parenting, Positive Psychology
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New research has highlighted the importance of social interaction in learning, even amongst infants as young as 9-months-old. Results showed that when infants were paired with another infant, they are more likely to learn than when they were alone.
Oct 20
Categories: Child Development
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This article talks about how parents should act when their child lies. Parents are encouraged to first understand their child’s reason behind telling the lie before proceeding to discuss the consequences.
Oct 16
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Parenting
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