Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills: New research

Parents of young children probably recognize the hectic mornings filled with reminding the kids to eat breakfast, brush their ...

DNA folding more important for cell function than previously thought

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

Lifelong motor function development: Applying percentile reference curves in practice

Dexterity, coordination and balance are all extremely important throughout our lives, but these skills change between early ...

Dogs can extend word meanings to new objects based on function, not appearance

A study published in Current Biology by the Department of Ethology at Eötvös Loránd University reveals that dogs with a vocabulary of toy names—known as Gifted Word Learners—can extend learned labels ...