It was “Full STEAM Ahead” at the annual Early Childhood Education Conference hosted by the Early Childhood Council of Logan, ...

A new study by researchers at Simon Fraser University is shedding light on how the brain's wiring in early childhood lays the foundation for attention skills—a key step toward characterizing healthy ...

Growing up in poverty or experiencing any adversity, such as abuse or neglect, during early childhood can put a person at risk for poor health, including mental disorders, later in life. Although the ...

University of North Carolina-led researchers have used brain connectivity charts built from functional MRI data as a tool for tracking early childhood brain development. Charts mapped the maturation ...

Mass General Brigham investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the white matter communication highways throughout the adolescent brain. This ...

In infancy and childhood is laid the groundwork for an integrated personality in the making, in preparation for adaptation to the outside world. The malleability of the nervous system [neuroplasticity ...

Cognitive training can help improve student engagement and performance, while building a foundation for robust brain health in the future.

Reversing the current trend in early childhood education and development indicators is an urgent priority.] Discussions highlighted a dual challenge. On the one hand, expanding access to early ...

Since 2013, the World Bank Group has increased sixfold its investments in Early Childhood Education (ECE) in Europe and Central Asia, from $50 million to $314 million, covering 12 countries. In ...

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...