childhood

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"Our study looked at cognitive enrichment from childhood to later life, focusing on activities and resources that stimulate the mind," said study author Andrea Zammit, PhD, of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

After a childhood of privation, Zhang Xin educated herself abroad and rode China’s real-estate boom to become a billionaire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Through it all, however, West struggled with depression and a sense of self-loathing, and had trouble with intimacy, much of it a by-product of a hardscrabble childhood in West Virginia with a domineering father.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Helen Edwards could never have imagined a virus she may have had since childhood would leave her with brain damage.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Jack can be the same way about his own childhood.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day