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Insights into the impact of technology on children’s learning and development in and out of school
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Can conversational AI support children’s wellbeing?

Natalia Kucirkova, Alexis Hiniker, Sho Tsuji, Robert Wolfe, Aayushi Dangol, Megumi Ishikawa / 13 October 2025
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Handwriting versus typing for children’s literacy

Meeri Kim / 4 November 2025
Articles Learning & Education Reading and writing Education technology
A boy writes in a notebook in the classroom.

Is safety compromised when students talk to AI chatbots?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 30 October 2025
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Teen mental health and technology

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 16 October 2025
Podcasts Technology Development Technology and society Mental health
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Body image struggles affect boys too 

Jessica Felder, Tamesha Dirr, Livia von Siebenthal, Yaëlle Eschmann, David Bürgin / 7 October 2025
Articles Society Development Psychology Individual differences
A boy looks at his phone.

The trouble with AI detectors in academic settings

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 2 October 2025
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology
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Rewiring the Brain: Reading, AI and the Science of Literacy

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 18 September 2025
Podcasts Technology Development Reading and writing 21st century skills
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Assessment in education: To AI or not to AI?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 14 August 2025
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology 21st century skills
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Supporting children with special educational needs helps everyone

Helena Pozniak / 29 July 2025
Articles Learning & Education Equity Diversity
An adult is helping a child use a tablet.

Does writing essays with ChatGPT affect the brain?

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 17 July 2025
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BOLD explores… EdTech for children

Natalia Kucirkova / 16 July 2025
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The learning scientist using new tools to understand learning in sports

Annie Brookman-Byrne / 10 July 2025
Interviews Learning & Education Education technology 21st century skills
A group of children and adults play sports while learning.

Should young people be banned from using smartphones? 

Kathryn Bates / 1 July 2025
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The neuroscientist decoding how the teenage brain develops 

Aisha Schnellmann / 23 October 2025
Interviews Development Neuroscience Education systems
Teenagers play a brain-themed arcade dance game.

How teenagers use music to deal with emotions 

Lorelei Aeby, Ines Daccord, David Bürgin / 14 October 2025
Articles Development Mental health Learning environments
A teenager listens to music on headphones.

BOLD explores… Children’s self-esteem

Eddie Brummelman / 8 October 2025
Videos Development Individual differences
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Learning to learn in kindergarten

Ellis Stevelink and Mélanie Maximino-Pinheiro  / 21 October 2025
Articles Learning & Education Development Teaching methods Education systems
A child holds a model of a brain.

How movement helps children learn

Melissa Hogenboom / 20 October 2025
Articles Development Play Individual differences
A group of children dance.

The power of parents in helping kids beat academic stress 

Anika Stark, Claudia Woodtli, Melina Pozzy, Noemi Lutz, David Bürgin / 30 September 2025
Articles Development Parenting and childcare Education systems
A mother and daughter are sitting together having a conversation.
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The cognitive neuroscientist examining how developing brains respond to social experiences 

Aisha Schnellmann / 9 October 2025
Interviews Development Neuroscience 21st century skills
A child and a woman water growing neurons that look like plants.

The trouble with AI detectors in academic settings

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 2 October 2025
Podcasts Learning & Education Education technology
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Why girls need more outdoor playtime

Amanda Ruggeri / 29 September 2025
Articles Society Development Play Education systems
A girl is climbing a tree.
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