Here, we demonstrated that social instability in groups of female quail influenced their behaviour, the hormonal content of their eggs and the somatic and behavioural development of their offspring.
His last book, published earlier this year, was Behaviour, Development and Evolution, which summarised his thinking on the inter-relationship between behavioural development during the lifespan of the individual and biological evolution during the history of species.
International Journal of Behavioural Development; 24: 30-34.
In principle, behavioural development could sit happily alongside the traditional sort.
All this is well correlated with behavioural development of orofacial dyskinesia.
Context is an important factor when considering longer-term studies – in particular, what other factors may also be having an effect on behavioural development.
The study also found that a good mother-child relationship "significantly benefits the cognitive and behavioural development of children in poor families".
In the same way, we must be wary of looking at the effects of screen time in isolation from the myriad factors in the wider home environment that could be impacting on childhood behavioural development.
In terms of psychological and behavioural development, a 2013 study suggested that television use, but not video game use, was associated with increases in conduct problems between the ages of five and seven years.
Sylva, together with a team of researchers from Oxford and the University of London's Institute of Education, discovered that a child's academic, social and behavioural development is substantially enhanced by going to pre-school, particularly if they are poor.
However, the findings show that it could only be prolonged – more than four months – and exclusive breastfeeding that offers substantial benefits in the health and cognitive and behavioural development of a child.
