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Increasing social media usage among children has been linked to a decline in cognitive performance. A JAMA study involving ...

Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave talk about the brain benefits of quitting cigarettes, language development in premature babies, and a mysterious imprint in a Chicago sidewalk.

The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, on Oct. 13, found that 9- to 13-year-olds ...

A group of Stanford researchers are harnessing the sound of mothers' voices for infants born weeks or months prematurely, ...

Long before factories, mines, and cars filled the air with pollution, our distant ancestors were already living with a silent ...

A groundbreaking international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon.

Researchers found that even limited social media use can hurt children’s ability to focus and retain information—echoing what ...

Discover the meaning of “language deprivation” and why accessible language exposure for children born deaf or hard of hearing is important.

Children aged 9-13 who spent more time on social media performed worse on reading, memory and language tests two years later, ...

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to ...

Background: Prematurity significantly impacts neonatal health worldwide, necessitating effective interventions to improve outcomes for these vulnerable infants. While breastfeeding has emerged as a ...