(Beyond Pesticides, January 5, 2022) Household pesticide use is associated with harmful impacts to infant motor development, according to a study published late last year in the journal Paediatric and ...

Infant motor development is a multifaceted process that encompasses the maturation of neuromuscular systems, sensory integration and experiential learning. As infants acquire motor skills such as ...

Using a fork to eat, zipping up a sweatshirt and turning a doorknob are all things most people do without thinking, but children spend their early years developing and refining these abilities. They ...

When a baby is born very premature—before 32 weeks of gestation—they have a one-in-three chance of experiencing some sort of motor impairment. In some cases, the baby might begin to crawl later than ...

Columbia researchers found that babies born during the pandemic's first year scored lower on a developmental screening test of social and motor skills at 6 months - regardless of whether their mothers ...

Children learn loads between birth and starting school. One thing they pick up are their fine motor skills. Motor skills are a key area of development, and help kids improve their dexterity and ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — A recent study by Oregon State University researchers highlighted the ways motor skills and cognitive skills develop in connection with each other in young children with ...

It can be hard to imagine how newborns on playmats could soon grow into fearless five-year olds riding bikes and climbing trees. These gross motor skills play a key role in how little people explore ...

As technology becomes more integrated into daily life, some experts are concerned that children are not developing fine motor skills at the same rate as previous generations. Child development ...

Early-onset preeclampsia was associated with increased risk for delayed early-childhood development in the domain of ...