Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggests

Exclusive: Researchers call for urgent investigation of risks to babies of tablets, smartphones and other digital devices ...
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Graduate Certificate in Development Studies

The department offers an interdisciplinary graduate certificate in development studies. Development Studies is a well-established, interdisciplinary field of research with institutional centers at a ...
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Here's Why More Screen Time Can Be Detrimental to Children's Brain Development, Study Says

"What too much screen time leads to is a variety of missed opportunities for learning and development," one of the study's authors tells TIME Limiting kids’ access to digital devices may have more of ...
Medical Xpress

Maternal mental well-being shapes children's early cognitive development, study finds

A Singapore study tracking 328 mother-child pairs has found two distinct pathways linking maternal mental health to child outcomes at age four. The research from A*STAR Institute for Human Development ...
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“I’m still a child”: New study says the brain’s most stable period doesn’t arrive until age 32

A study suggesting that the human brain enters a stable phase around age 32 has people in their 20s feeling validated. University of Cambridge neuroscientists released their research results on ...
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1 in 4 Filipino teens fall behind in school by age 18, study finds

A major Philippine longitudinal study finds nearly 1 in 4 Filipino adolescents falls behind in school by age 18, with poverty ...
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Global South Development Studies

The Global South Development studies program, a multidisciplinary social science program, explores the transformation of African, Asian, Latin American and Middle Eastern societies since the 16th ...