The environment in which children grow up can play a central role in their mental development and psychological well-being.

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The department offers an interdisciplinary graduate certificate in development studies. Development Studies is a well-established, interdisciplinary field of research with institutional centers at a ...

A Singapore study tracking 328 mother-child pairs has found two distinct pathways linking maternal mental health to child outcomes at age four. The research from A*STAR Institute for Human Development ...

Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain. Air pollution causes harmful contaminants, ...

A study suggesting that the human brain enters a stable phase around age 32 has people in their 20s feeling validated. University of Cambridge neuroscientists released their research results on ...

A mother’s depression and anxiety from conception through the first year of the baby’s life is associated with negative developmental outcomes through adolescence, according to a study published ...

A 1960’s twin study, conducted in New York City, still attracts attention. In the mid-1960s, the Louise Wise Adoption Agency began placing twins in different adoptive homes. This practice was adopted ...

The Global South Development studies program, a multidisciplinary social science program, explores the transformation of African, Asian, Latin American and Middle Eastern societies since the 16th ...

Miriam Orozco Ramirez is a first-gen Latinx transfer student. She graduated with a B.S. in human development and a minor in Chicana/o studies. Her passions are wellness and creating bridges to success ...