Almost 100 years before calls to decolonize science, Taung was challenging researchers to reassess their internal biases.

In the field of psychology, attachment theory proposes that interpersonal experiences early in life should shape how people ...

A child-friendly brain imaging technique is just one way neuroscientist Cat Camacho investigates how children learn to process emotions.

A research team including a scientist from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science, Tokyo, Japan, ...

A new large-scale, open data resource from the Perelman School of Medicine and collaborators helps researchers link brain ...

The psychological debate about sibling order has persisted for decades—but it might be time to break up with the popular ...

A large new study reveals how early relationships with parents and friends influence how we relate to those closest to us in adulthood ...

Sigmund Freud believed that personality develops through five stages focused on different body parts. Freud's theory has been criticized for only focusing on heterosexual males and not considering ...

Erik Erikson's psychosocial development theory has eight stages that cover a person's entire life span. Each stage involves a psychosocial crisis that, when resolved positively, helps a person gain a ...

A new developmental theory from an Iowa State researcher describes how our memory and perception of trauma can evolve over time, shifting with new experiences and as cognitive and emotional ...

The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Caribbean Public Health Agency [CARPHA], recently hosted training in Bermuda to “enhance the skills of healthcare personnel in child growth monitoring ...

She wanted to earn credentials that would allow her to advance in the field, but it was slow going. Briones, 55, was working 40 hours a week at the San Francisco Bay area child care center and tending ...