Research Articles
The Youngest in the Class: Is it ADHD, or Just Immaturity?
Exploring how developmental immaturity in young-for-grade children may be driving ADHD diagnoses and what this means for our education system.
The Science of Growing Minds: How Developmental Psychopathology Revolutionizes Our Understanding of Mental Health
Explore how developmental psychopathology transforms our understanding of mental health through developmental science, examining biological, psychological, and social factors across development.
Beyond the Surface: Why Childhood Behaviors Don't Always Mean What We Think
Exploring the complex relationship between developmental continuity and discontinuity in human behavior and neuroscience.
Little Bodies, Big Burden: How Environmental Contaminants Shape Child Development
Exploring how environmental contaminants affect child development and what science reveals about protecting our children's health.
Not Just Resilient or Vulnerable: The Surprising Truth About "Orchid" and "Dandelion" Children
Discover the revolutionary framework of differential susceptibility to the environment and how it explains why some children thrive while others struggle in different environments.
The Tiny Human Puzzle: How Do We Really Know What a Child is Thinking?
Exploring the fascinating science behind measuring children's cognitive and behavioral development through innovative research methodologies.
The School of Infancy: How a 17th-Century Thinker Shaped Modern Pediatrics
Exploring how John Amos Comenius's 17th-century educational work 'The Informatorium' anticipated modern pediatric principles and practices.
Growing Up in the Shadow of Medicine: The Surprising Outcomes for Children Exposed to Anti-TNF Therapy Before Birth
Exploring the long-term effects of anti-TNF therapy exposure during pregnancy on child development through case-control studies and animal models.
Beyond Band-Aids and Boo-Boos: How Child Development Became the Blueprint for Modern Pediatrics
Exploring Dr. Julius B. Richmond's groundbreaking 1967 paper that established child development as the basic science of pediatrics
The ABCD and HBCD Studies: Unlocking the Secrets of the Developing Brain
Explore the groundbreaking ABCD and HBCD studies - landmark longitudinal research mapping brain development from pregnancy through adolescence.