Slow processing speed impacts children in a variety of ways. Slow processing speed often has a dramatic impact on school performance and the capacity to keep up with peers. It can negatively impact ...

A new study suggests that some children who are highly verbal and intellectually advanced may still face notable challenges in school if they process information more slowly than expected. Despite ...

A new study has discovered a direct link between the number of milliseconds it takes a child’s brain to process the form of a ...

The importance of speech and language in children’s academic and social-emotional development cannot be overemphasized. Much of children’s progress across all academic content areas such as social ...

The sixth edition of the South Asian Forum on the Acquisition and Processing of Language (SAFAL) will be held between 17-19 November 2025 at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The conference will ...

A pilot intervention project involving playful activities that engaged motor skills and cognition showed promising results in improving eye movements and reading speed in eleven children with dyslexia ...

Playing recordings of a mother’s voice to premature babies may help their brains mature faster, according to the first randomised-controlled trial of this simple intervention. This approach could ...