Children

Deafness in early childhood is known to lead to lasting changes in how sounds are processed in the brain, but new research published today in eLife...

The gendered play of children from two hunter-gatherer societies is strongly influenced by the demographics of their communities and the gender roles...

Expectant parents’ emotional struggles predict emotional and behavioural problems in 2-year-olds, new research shows. The same study reveals, for the...

Scientists have identified a link between exposure to high levels of oestrogen sex hormones in the womb and the likelihood of developing autism. The...

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds and certain ethnic minority backgrounds, including from Pakistani and Bangladeshi backgrounds, have lower...

Researchers in Cambridge’s Faculty of Education are working with teachers to improve the experience of learning in the East of England – and boost...

The first large-scale study of autism in China has revealed that around one in a hundred people in China has an autism spectrum condition – the same...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have suggested that subtle changes to the drugs administered to mothers threatened with preterm birth or to...