Psychology

Immersive virtual reality, according to scientists, disrupts the child’s default coordination strategy, which should be considered when developing virtual reality rehabilitation protocols for children. While…

According to a new University of Calgary study published in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics, an alarming percentage of children and adolescents are experiencing a…

Premature birth has been linked to an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders and other developmental issues, especially in males. The earlier a baby is…

How do social norms evolve? To investigate this phenomenon, robotic engineers and marketing scientists collaborated, combining online experiments and statistical analysis into a mathematical model…

Researchers discovered that youth who witness a parent’s abuse of a brother or sister can be just as traumatized as those who witness violence by…

Children who are sexually or physically abused or neglected as children are more likely to die prematurely as adults, according to a new study conducted…

Bullying by a brother or sister as a child can have long-term consequences, threatening mental health in adolescence, according to new British research. The researchers…

Although the COVID-19 crisis is first and foremost a physical health crisis, it also contains the seeds of a major mental health crisis if action…

Tics are rapid, repetitive muscle movements that cause sudden, difficult-to-control body jolts or sounds. They are fairly common in childhood and usually appear around the…

Scientists have long suspected that religiosity and spirituality are linked to specific brain circuits, but the exact location of those circuits is unknown. A new…