The amount of physical contact between infants and their caregivers can affect children at the molecular level. The study of DNA methylation patterns showed that children who had been more ...

Experts have identified a number of styles of play that children engage in, which are key parts of their development. The 6 ...

This study was designed to test the hypothesis that increased physical contact, experimentally induced, would promote greater maternal responsiveness and more secure attachment between infant and ...

A smart jumpsuit provides information on infants' movement and development Date: February 15, 2020 Source: University of Helsinki Summary: A new innovation makes it possible, for the first time ...

Studies addressing children’s (⩽12 years) physical and cognitive development as outcome and maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index as an exposure were included.

What is physical activity in young children? The physical activity opportunities provided to children will vary depending on their age and development.

Machine learning models of brain age can serve as indicators of infants’ brain development, a new Yale study shows.