Feb 15, 2026
Cognitive development encompasses the growth and transformation of mental processes including perception, memory, attention, language, reasoning, and problem-solving throughout the human lifespan. This developmental trajectory begins before birth and continues through...
Jan 26, 2026
Academic burnout represents a psychological syndrome increasingly identified in paediatric and adolescent populations, characterised by a triad of persistent exhaustion related to scholastic demands, a detached and cynical attitude toward academic institutions, and...
Dec 5, 2025
The cognitive abilities that enable a child to resist grabbing a forbidden sweet, to follow a teacher’s multi-step instruction, or to mentally rearrange the pieces of a puzzle are not mere products of simple learning. They are the outward manifestations of a profound...
Sep 11, 2025
Obesity in childhood is increasingly conceptualised as a brain disease, with compelling evidence demonstrating its deep neurobiological, genetic, and cognitive roots. Scientific studies reveal obesity alters brain structure, function, connectivity, and gene...
Oct 11, 2024
Childhood trauma can have profound and lasting effects on the developing brain, influencing cognitive, emotional, and behavioural outcomes throughout life. This essay explores how trauma alters brain development, examines different types of trauma and their impacts,...
Jun 16, 2016
Attachment Theory and its Impact on Understanding of Human Development Work on the ideas now called Attachment Theory, initiated by the British psychologist and psychiatrist John Bowlby and the American-Canadian psychologist Mary Ainsworth, revolutionised previous...
