Researchers have updated and validated a series of tests in the NIH Toolbox Cognitive Battery. These tests, delivered on an iPad, can now be used to accurately assess cognitive processing in people ...

Developmental delays can affect a child’s physical, cognitive, communication, social, emotional, or behavioral skills. Often, delays affect more than one area of development. When a child has delays ...

A new study finds the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery is a promising option for measuring cognitive change in people with intellectual disability. A major challenge in testing new therapies for people ...

New research indicates that identifying children as having high cognitive ability at a young age is often an unreliable predictor of their future intellectual performance. The study found that ...

Psychology graduate students with interests in Cognition or Cognitive Development engage in doctoral training that promotes expertise in the theories, current knowledge, and research paradigms in ...

Human Development, Vol. 35, No. 4 (1992), pp. 226-240 (15 pages) The assumption that motor activity and physical manipulation play a central role in early development is evaluated in light of a number ...

Piaget’s stages of development describe how children learn as they grow up. There are four distinct stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. Jean Piaget was ...

Cognition holds because difficulty demands patience. What happens when AI no longer requires us to sustain engagement and ...

Staying engaged in intellectual pursuits, such as reading, playing a musical instrument and doing crossword puzzles, doesn’t protect against mental decline late in life, a new study has found. But ...