BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Researchers are looking at ways to prevent childhood obesity. There’s an app that could be a major hop forward in teaching kids basic motor skills. Tiffany Prather and her ...

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – Preventing childhood obesity could soon take a major “hop” forward with an app that teaches kids to do just that, and to skip, run and throw a ball. “Fundamental motor skills ...

A three-year-old may be a whiz on the iPad, but this won’t get him/her very far without fine motor skills. Tiggly is an ed-tech startup that brings together digital and physical play. The company has ...

Motor skills development in children is a critical component of healthy physical, cognitive, and social growth. It encompasses a range of fundamental abilities—including balance, coordination, agility ...

When we learn a new motor skill—whether mastering a piano passage or refining balance while walking—the brain must reorganize the circuits that control movement. For decades, this process of synaptic ...

An association between increased white matter volume and functional impairment in children with autism has been recently demonstrated. Findings reveal that in children with autism, increased white ...

New research finds that children and adolescents who spend most of their time barefoot develop motor skills differently from those who habitually wear shoes. Published in Frontiers in Pediatrics, this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Honestly? I believe it. I see it in my own kids. The screen temptation is real—for them and for us. Reading has gone down. Outdoor ...

Once routine, many students—even seventh graders—struggle to tie shoes, suggesting reduced practice with basic motor skills. US launches new retaliatory strikes against IS in Syria after deadly ambush ...