The environment in which children grow up can play a central role in their mental development and psychological well-being.

A new study found that the leading environmental factor influencing brain structure and function is the socioeconomic status ...

"What too much screen time leads to is a variety of missed opportunities for learning and development," one of the study's authors tells TIME Limiting kids’ access to digital devices may have more of ...

Screen time was assessed using a self-reported questionnaire and calculated as the total time spent using various devices, including playing video games and watching ...

The department offers an interdisciplinary graduate certificate in development studies. Development Studies is a well-established, interdisciplinary field of research with institutional centers at a ...

A Singapore study tracking 328 mother-child pairs has found two distinct pathways linking maternal mental health to child outcomes at age four. The research from A*STAR Institute for Human Development ...

The researchers emphasize that these differences are a result of the unique environment for twins—such as sharing parental attention and resources—rather than a reflection of parenting quality. The ...

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of national savings on economic development, as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI), Inequality-adjusted HDI (iHDI), and Multidimensional ...

A new study shows companies helped by Charleston County Economic Development support tens of thousands of jobs and billions ...

A new study in the journal Nature Mental Health explores how a mother’s positive state of mind during pregnancy affects the structure and function of the developing fetal brain by measuring these ...

A study suggesting that the human brain enters a stable phase around age 32 has people in their 20s feeling validated. University of Cambridge neuroscientists released their research results on ...