Books and brain development: why reading is much more than a pastime for children and teens

But from the perspective of neuroscience, reading is much more than just entertainment. This is especially true for children ...

For years, reading struggles seemed obvious. This massive analysis points to a very different cause

For decades, the common explanation for why children struggle to read has stayed remarkably consistent. Smart kids read well. Kids who don't simply aren't smart enough. And when children strain over a ...
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Infants who display greater curiosity tend to develop higher cognitive abilities in childhood

A longitudinal study in the Netherlands found that infants who displayed greater curiosity at 8 months of age tended to have higher IQ scores at 3.5 years of age. However, this association was present ...