Children have an insatiable appetite to understand why things are the way they are, leading to their apt description as "little scientists". While researchers have been aware of children's interest in causal information, ...
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Young children go on to achieve more academic success when their verbal skills are enhanced, a new study suggests.
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Huntington's disease is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder caused by a gene on chromosome 4 that affects a very important area of the brain, the striatum. People are born with the defective gene but symptoms do not appear ...
Feb 20, 2020
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Used in virtually all of the world's languages, parentese is a speaking style that draws baby's attention. Parents adopt its simple grammar and words, plus its exaggerated sounds, almost without thinking about it.
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(HealthDay)—When you have a baby, it seems like you visit the doctor all the time for checks on weight and length and to get needed vaccinations. But are you as aware of the guidelines regarding hearing checks for your ...
Jan 2, 2020
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that digital storybooks that animate upon a child's vocalization offer beneficial learning opportunities, especially for children with less developed attention regulation.
Dec 19, 2019
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The way a highly proficient speaker of English talks to a child is different from the way a less proficient speaker does. Even for two-year-olds, these differences matter in how they acquire and develop language skills. Early ...
Oct 9, 2019
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Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are three times more likely to develop difficulties with language than those from more affluent areas, research suggests.
Oct 8, 2019
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A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Davis, shows that caregiving programs are five times more effective than nutrition programs in supporting smarter, not just taller, children in low- and middle-income ...
Sep 17, 2019
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Fine motor skills—used for eating, writing and buttoning clothing—may be a strong predictor for identifying whether children with autism are at risk for long-term language disabilities, according to a Rutgers-led study.
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