Genetics
24 new genes for short-sightedness identified
An international team of scientists led by King's College London has discovered 24 new genes that cause refractive errors and myopia (short-sightedness).
Feb 10, 2013
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News tagged with eye development
Ophthalmology
Light exposure during pregnancy key to normal eye development
New research in Nature concludes the eye – which depends on light to see – also needs light to develop normally during pregnancy.
Jan 16, 2013
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Autism spectrum disorders
Study: Babies try lip-reading in learning to talk
Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they're lip-readers too.
Jan 16, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
No negative impact from prolonged eye patching on child's development or family stress levels
Parents of children with unilateral congenital cataracts (UCC) may wonder how long to patch, and whether extended periods of patching might affect their child's development or cause undue stress for the child or family, particularly ...
Apr 18, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How having conversations with children builds their language—and strengthens family connections
Parents and caregivers of school-aged children are all too familiar with the after-school conversation that sounds a little something like:
Feb 19, 2024
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Neuroscience
Thalamus found to regulate the adaptability of the adult brain
It is generally believed that the adaptability of the adult brain mainly takes place in the cortex. However, a new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience shows that the thalamus, a relay station for incoming ...
Oct 6, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Putting a voice and face together in early infancy determines later language development
Matching the sight and sound of speech—a face to a voice—in early infancy is an important foundation for later language development.
Jun 20, 2023
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Sleep disorders
Errors in sleep classification generated using AI could lead to misdiagnosis of child sleep disorders
A dearth of pediatric data collected using artificial intelligence (AI) tools could compromise the understanding of early sleep patterns.
Apr 26, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Preclinical model may shed light on eye disease
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a preclinical model of the leading cause of central vision loss in older individuals and used it to identify new treatment modalities and drug targets.
Jan 20, 2022
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Neuroscience
Differences in rapidly processing sensory feedback among people with autism spectrum disorder
Sensorimotor issues aren't well understood in people with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, yet they are important because they can be observed before social and communication indicators for the disorder, and they can predict ...
Aug 12, 2021
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