“The foundation for reading is laid starting at birth” Children should have contact with books and other written materials long before the start of school, says Kouider Mokhtari Interview by Laura Millmann / March 30, 2020
Adolescent learning: rewards, punishments, and the importance of context By understanding how adolescents learn in various environments, we can discover how to better support their health and well-being by Alexandra Cohen / March 24, 2020
Lifespan development: the more we know about it, the more complex it seems Elliot Tucker-Drob and Andreas Brandmaier talk about the various factors that shape our development into distinct individuals Interview by Sabine Gysi / February 17, 2020
A nuanced look into the future with Daphne Bavelier and Amy Ogan Public event at KOSMOS, Zurich – watch the video recording now by Sabine Gysi / January 27, 2020
Are adolescents more creative than adults? Adolescents' ideas tend to be more original, adults' more feasible. Thinking creatively together is key to solving today's challenges by Claire Stevenson / January 13, 2020
Children’s shifting responses are more than what they seem Repeated questioning can result in variable responses because children are leveraging the social context to learn about the world by Elizabeth Bonawitz / January 9, 2020
Citizen Science to advance research on emotion regulation This app brings science to your fingertips – across the globe by Susanne Schweizer / November 27, 2019
What AI researchers can learn from children’s learning Intrinsic motivation as a key ingredient in human and artificial intelligence by Catherine Hartley / November 25, 2019
“These players develop excellent sustained attention and focus” Regular players of action video games show an improvement in certain cognitive abilities, Daphne Bavelier finds Interview by Helena Pozniak / November 22, 2019
How to bust educational neuromyths? Emphasise what works Neuromyths are seductive for good reasons: they tend to address teachers’ needs by Jessica Massonnié / November 4, 2019
“There are no disadvantages to raising children bilingually” Linguist Jürgen Meisel encourages parents to take advantage of children’s innate language ability from birth Interview by Caroline Smrstik Gentner / October 7, 2019
Do trees make children smarter? It’s complicated. A new paper suggests the relationship between greenery and cognitive development may not be as straightforward as previously thought by Dwyer Gunn / September 30, 2019
