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 ...

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 ...

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 conference is supported by funding from the NSF as well as generous contributions from the Linguistics Department and the Institute of Cognitive Science. The conference will be held (in hybrid ...

A retrospective study reveals that measures of cognitive function, specifically processing speeds, decline in individuals with sickle cell disease as they grow older. Sickle cell disease (SCD) can ...

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 ...

Ear infections are a common childhood experience, but a new study suggests parents should take these infections seriously to preserve their children's language development. That's because each ear ...

Patients who have with sickle cell disease (SCD) could have a slower processing speed and higher cerebral blood flow compared with controls. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) could be higher and processing ...