Teens with secure family relationships ‘pay it forward’ with empathy for friends
Adolescence is a key stage of development for the growth of empathy. Tim Robberts/Stone via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is...
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Children who eat more fruits and vegetables have better mental health – new study
Primary and secondary school students who ate five servings of fruit or veg daily had better mental wellbeing. Monkey Business...
Group work gets kids more engaged in STEM
What can be done to get more kids interested in STEM? Child image via www.shutterstock.comShortage of science, technology, engineering and...
Can youth sports foster creativity? It depends
Whether kids play pickup sports or organized sports may have varying effects on their development. Tony Baldasaro/Flickr, CC BY-NCYouth sports...
Kids spending too much time staring at screens? Focus on positive goals to get them moving and reading and talking
Getting kids to put down their phones doesn't have to be a battle. Carl Court/Getty ImagesAs vaccines become more available...
Finding nostalgia in the pixelated video games of decades past
Instruments of nostalgia and psychological well-being? Brian Kenney/Shutterstock.comEvery day, it seems, new ultra-high-resolution video games are released, syncing with players’...
Evolving our way to artificial intelligence
Just Go for it: programming a computer to play an ancient game. Donar Reiskoffer/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAResearcher David Silver and...
Vital Signs: the ‘marketplace for ideas’ can fail
ShutterstockThere is no shortage of repugnant and dangerous ideas in the world. An age old question is whether free speech...
The Pokémon GO craze sees gamers hit the streets but it comes with a warning
Playing Pokemon Go. Pokemon Go/YouTube/ScreenshotIn 2014, as part of its traditional April Fool’s pranks, Google released a video in which...
Illegal, improper, unacceptable: revelations about Crown’s casino culture just get worse
ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock“Wherever I look I see not just bad conduct but illegal conduct, improper conduct, unacceptable conduct and it permeates the...
