Reading wordless storybooks to toddlers may expose them to richer language
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that children hear more complex language from parents when they read a storybook with only pictures compared to a picture-vocabulary book. The findings appear in the latest ...
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Apr 29, 2013 |
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Reading wordless storybooks to toddlers may expose them to richer language, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that children hear more complex language from parents when they read a storybook with only pictures compared to a picture-vocabulary book. The findings ...
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Apr 18, 2013 |
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Copying is social phenomenon, not just learning, say scientists
Mimicking the behaviour of mum and dad has long been considered a vital way in which children learn about the world around them. Now psychologists at The University of Nottingham have shown that copying unnecessary ...
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Apr 08, 2013 |
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Mental, physical challenges may help seniors stay sharp, study says
(HealthDay)—A little exercise and some mental stimulation may go a long way toward helping seniors stay sharp, a new, small study suggests.
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Apr 01, 2013 |
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Help in reading foreign languages
Recent research into how we learn is set to help people in their efforts to read a second or foreign language (SFL) more effectively. This will be good news for those struggling to develop linguistic skills in preparation ...
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Mar 06, 2013 |
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Young offenders need a verbal toolkit to unlock literacy
Half of Australia's young male offenders have a clinically significant, previously unidentified language deficit.
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Mar 06, 2013 |
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New website helps parents manage children's pain after surgery
(Medical Xpress)—When a young child has surgery, parents rely on doctors and nurses for advice on how to prepare and support children during the procedure and immediately afterwards. But once that child ...
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Feb 21, 2013 |
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Brain structure of infants predicts language skills at one year
(Medical Xpress)—Using a brain-imaging technique that examines the entire infant brain, researchers have found that the anatomy of certain brain areas – the hippocampus and cerebellum – can predict ...
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Jan 22, 2013 |
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Toddlers' language skills predict less anger by preschool
Toddlers with more developed language skills are better able to manage frustration and less likely to express anger by the time they're in preschool. That's the conclusion of a new longitudinal study from researchers at the ...
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Dec 20, 2012 |
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Mom's high blood pressure in pregnancy could affect child's IQ in old age
New research from the University of Helsinki, Finland, suggests that a mother's high blood pressure during pregnancy may have an effect on her child's thinking skills all the way into old age. The study is published in the ...
Neuroscience
Oct 03, 2012 |
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Developmental outcomes good for late preterm infants in NICU
(HealthDay)—Late preterm infants (LPIs), born at 34 to 36 weeks of gestation, who receive intensive care, have similar cognitive, motor, and language skills at age 3 as LPIs who did not receive intensive ...
Pediatrics
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Family literacy project exceeds expectations
A unique approach to early literacy work with families where children develop their language skills and their ability to read and write from an early age has had a huge success.
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Sep 06, 2012 |
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Skilled migrants risk depression in low-paid jobs
(Medical Xpress) -- Skilled migrants who can't find jobs that use their education and qualifications are more likely to suffer mental health problems after three and a half years of arriving in Australia, according to a new ...
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Aug 07, 2012 |
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Early screening alone is not enough to give children language boost
(Medical Xpress) -- Pre-school children should be more closely monitored by health and early years professionals to try and identify potential language problems, new research suggests.
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Jun 18, 2012 |
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Early exposure to language for deaf children
(Medical Xpress) -- Most agree that the earlier you expose a child to a language, the easier it is for that child to pick it up. The same rules apply for deaf children.
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Jun 05, 2012 |
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