Cognitive development

Parental type 1 diabetes may affect children's cognitive development: Study

Children of mothers and fathers with type 1 diabetes had mean scores of 54.2 and 54.4 respectively, compared with mean scores of 56.4 in children from the background population.

Apr 27, 2022, 15:47 PM IST

Want to boost your children's brain? Start reading books to them regularly!

A new study has found that engaging with kids while reading books to them gives their brain a cognitive boost.

Jun 01, 2017, 19:37 PM IST

Interpersonal abuse in early life may affect cognitive skills

For the study, the team compared two groups of young: One had a history of early life abuse, while the other did not.

Apr 12, 2017, 00:18 AM IST

Exposing children to lead may impact cognitive development: Researchers

The findings, published by JAMA, showed that children with more than 10 micrograms of lead per decilitre of blood at age 11 had 4.25 points lower intelligence quotients (IQ) at age 38.

Mar 29, 2017, 14:42 PM IST

Concussions may accelerate Alzheimer's disease: Study

Of particular note was that these brain abnormalities were found in a relatively young group, with the average age being 32 years old.

Jan 15, 2017, 17:46 PM IST

The sooner babies get cochlear implants, the better

Infants with profound hearing loss, who received cochlear implants to improve their hearing, soon babbled as often as their hearing peers, allowing them to catch up developmentally.

Oct 23, 2015, 09:26 AM IST