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New Research Shows How Physical Activity Boosts Brain Development

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Forbes

How To Cultivate Executive Functioning Skills For Your Child's Success

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Mental Wellness for Adolescents and Adults. Executive functioning skills are your child’s mental control center, ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Researchers Find Executive Function Tests May Be Culturally Biased

Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive function abilities, challenging the accuracy ...
CNN

Your child’s academic success may start with their screen time as infants, study says

Letting infants watch tablets and TV may be impairing their academic achievement and emotional well-being later on, according to a new study. Researchers found that increased use of screen time during ...
The Conversation

Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills – new research

Aaron Buss received funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Alexis McCraw does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...

New Review Of Studies Finds Children With ADHD Are More Likely To Struggle With Motor Skills

ADHD is associated with impulsivity, hyperactivity, and trouble with focus, but kids with ADHD may also struggle with motor ...