Metacognition, or the awareness of your own thinking and thought processes, is recognized as an important step in cognitive development—for example, when a child reads a page of a book ...

Reading with your child is one of the best ways to enhance their cognitive development. It improves language skills, ...

The researchers wrote that “these findings, for the first time, revealed the important relationships of early [reading for pleasure] with subsequent brain and cognitive development and mental ...

A scientist makes a definitive case against spanking, including how it slows cognitive development and increases antisocial and criminal behavior. A new book by Murray Straus, founder and co ...

Jean Piaget was a renowned psychologist and cognitive theorist in the 20th century who focused on child development. His theories came from observing children and recording their development.

IBG and the Institute for Cognitive Science are collaborators on a landmark national study of adolescent brain and cognitive development (ABCD). The ABCD study is the ...