As they grow, children increasingly focus their attention on social elements in their environment, such as faces or social interactions. However, children with autism are often more interested in non-social stimuli, such ...
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More than 50% of Australians living in residential aged care facilities have a dementia diagnosis, with aged care services around the world preparing for the number of older people aged 65 years and above to double in the ...
Sep 7, 2023
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For most of human history if you wanted to know what was going on behind someone's eyes you had to make your best guess. But since the 1960s scientists have been studying the way eye movements may help decode people's thoughts. ...
Jan 11, 2023
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Researchers have used virtual reality games, eye tracking and machine learning to show that differences in eye movements can be used to detect ADHD, potentially providing a tool for more precise diagnosis of attention deficits. ...
Dec 20, 2022
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Engaging infants with a song provides a readymade means for supporting social development and interaction, according to a study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Nov 1, 2022
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A child's first word can be a meaningful milestone for parents. But sometimes, children don't have to say anything at all to teach us about how they develop their earliest vocabularies.
Sep 28, 2022
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Children have a secret power that helps them avoid a "learning trap" that adults may sometimes fall into: Kids just can't focus their attention.
Sep 26, 2022
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The mental workload of intensive care unit nurses can successfully be evaluated using eye-movement tracking glasses.
May 31, 2022
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Motherese is a form of simplified, exaggerated melodic speech that parents use to communicate with newborns and young toddlers. A horse becomes horsie; a dog becomes doggie; parents become mama and dada. The tendency to speak ...
Jan 3, 2022
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Humans read by 'pre-processing' written words to create a pipeline of meaning, according to new research at the University of Birmingham.
Sep 21, 2021
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