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Why are children from affluent parents often successful themselves? Research by VU economist Sjoerd van Alten reveals that not only genetics play a role, but also the upbringing environment created by parents.

New research from political philosopher Associate Professor Luara Ferracioli suggests stepparents often play a valuable role in children's lives and should receive adequate social and legal status.

The book Global Mega-Science: Universities, Research Collaborations, and Knowledge Production, edited by Profs.

The study, conducted in the US, found that mothers take on seven in ten (71%) of all'household mental load tasks. From choosing gifts and sending cards to planning Christmas dinner, the holiday season can feel like an avalanche of mental to-do lists. New research from the University of Bath and the University of Melbourne, published in the Journal of Marriage & Family , reveals that mothers overwhelmingly carry this "mental load" while dads often take a back seat.

A detailed new look at dopamine signaling suggests neuroscientists' model of reinforcement learning may need to be revised. Dopamine is a powerful signal in the brain, influencing our moods, motivations, movements, and more. The neurotransmitter is crucial for reward-based learning, a function that may be disrupted in a number of psychiatric conditions, from mood disorders to addiction.

Since 2010, the Institute of Media and Journalism ( IMeG ) at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) has been responsible for the Swiss Italian-speaking region within the national JAMES study ( Jugend, Aktivitäten, Medien - Erhebung Schweiz ).

The mathematics achievement of Dutch students in grade 4 has hardly changed over the past 20 years. This is evident from the international study 'Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study' (TIMSS-2023), whose results were released today.

Pupils in years 5 and 9 in England have maintained or improved scores in maths and science compared to pre-pandemic results, report UCL researchers who analysed findings in the latest Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

Study: The development of attitudes toward science and technology: a longitudinal analysis of Generation X (DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scae051) Science fascinates us as children and challenges us as adults, a 33-year study by University of Michigan researchers reveals.

The pilot of a Michigan program created to help improve health outcomes for pregnant parents and their children shows positive impacts on families, including food and financial security and housing stability, according to a new report from the University of Michigan's Youth Policy Lab.

Education in increasing empathy may be of interest to law students because the legal practice shows it is an important competency for legal practitioners to be able to put themselves in other people's shoes.

EPFL research investigating the potential impact on education of AI assistants has found that systems like GPT-4 can answer up to 85% of university assessment questions correctly.

A Canadian study reveals that allophone children who attend daycare are better prepared for kindergarten.

News from A team of physics educators from Italy, Hungary, Slovenia and Germany is focusing on a new approach to teaching quantum physics in schools.

Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool with sweeping implications for the U.S. workforce, but it's up to society to guide how it is used.

In a new study, Yale researchers show that seeing tasks as a chance for children to learn reduces overparenting by about 50%. Parents are much less likely to intervene when their young children are getting dressed or performing other simple chores if those tasks are framed as learning opportunities, according to a new study by Yale researchers.

Private school pupils in England no longer perform better at GCSE level than state school pupils in the core subjects of English, Maths and Science when the results are adjusted for socioeconomic background, finds a study by UCL researchers.

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A new £9 million research centre focused on tackling and reducing health inequalities in the UK will be led by experts at UCL.

A unique study has thrown fascinating new light on how young children begin to understand the meaning of words. The researchers, from The University of Manchester publish their findings in the journal Child Development. Children start to say words around their first birthday, and for a while only say one word at a time, though they rapidly build their vocabulary during their second year.

Children too young to know words like "impossible" and "improbable" nonetheless understand how possibility works, finds new work with 2- and 3-year-olds Children too young to know words like "impossible" and "improbable" nonetheless understand how possibility works, finds new work with 2- and 3-year-olds.

Researchers in the MIT Initiative on Combatting Systemic Racism are building an open data repository to advance research on racial inequity in domains like policing, housing, and health care.