Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Mental Wellness for Adolescents and Adults. Executive functioning skills are your child’s mental control center, ...

Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive function abilities, challenging the accuracy ...

Reading involves the skill of decoding written words into meaning. The first step, decoding, is the process of teaching children how to connect symbols with sounds. In layman’s terms, this is ...

Prior research has demonstrated that environmental unpredictability is associated with poor social functioning, though the mechanisms that underlie this association are largely unknown. The present ...

A question commonly asked by parents, educators and scientists is whether the benefits of learning a second language outweigh the potential costs. Research on this topic is important for clarifying ...