Kids who are more curious have better math and reading skills in kindergarten, finds a study in Pediatric Research. Researchers examined data on about 6,200 kindergarteners from a U.S. nationally representative longitudinal study that included measures of math and...
Previous research has suggested that the genetic risk for autism is largely passed through the maternal line. However, those studies examined “coding DNA,” the genetic material that directly codes for proteins and makes up only about 2 percent of...
Many school encourage or require that twins be placed in separate classrooms. But a study in Developmental Psychology finds that separating twins has no significant effect on their academic performance. Researchers analyzed data from two longitudinal studies–one from the...
People who recall facing more childhood adversity also report more pain as adults, finds a study in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine. Researchers asked 265 U.S. adults to describe the adversity they faced a children and adolescents, as well...