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TL;DR: A 2026 Developmental Psychology randomized-trial follow-up found that children assigned to high-quality foster care after severe early deprivation had better adaptive functioning at age 18, especially in communication and socialization, than children wh…
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TL;DR: A 2026 eNeuro study of 163 people ages 3-25 found that sleep history and age shaped waking electroencephalography (EEG) oscillations, while children with ADHD showed distinct sleep-wake EEG patterns. Key Findings Sleep and development interact to shape…
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TL;DR: A 2026 longitudinal study in Appetite following 491 Quebec children found that infants breastfed for at least three to six months showed better inhibitory control — the ability to suppress an automatic response — at age three and a half than infants who…
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Adaptive Skills Buffered Prenatal Stress Brain Response TL;DR: In a 34-child neuroimaging pilot involving prenatal exposure to Superstorm Sandy, stronger early adaptive skills appeared to soften the link between disaster exposure and lower emotion-circuit acti…
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