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Neuroscience: The extraordinary ease of ordinal series

Familiar categories whose members appear in orderly sequences are processed differently than others in the brain, according to new research published by David Eagleman in the open access journal Frontiers in Neuroscience on Dec ...

Neuroscience created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Speaking skills crucial for hearing impaired children in the classroom

Current special education laws are geared towards integrating special-needs children into the general classroom environment from a young age, starting as early as preschool. Prof. Tova Most of Tel Aviv University's ...

Health created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Video-based test to study language development in toddlers and children with autism

Parents often wonder how much of the world their young children really understand. Though typically developing children are not able to speak or point to objects on command until they are between eighteen ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Dec 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

BEST: Innovative technique to facilitate language development in children

A Newcastle University expert has won a prestigious award for her work to help young children with language difficulties. Dr Cristina McKean and Drs Sean Pert and Carol Stow, who both work for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find reading uses the same brain regions regardless of language

(Medical Xpress)—A team of French and Taiwanese researchers has found evidence to indicate that people use the same regions of the brain when reading, regardless of which language is being read. In their ...

Neuroscience created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Sweet dreams can spell out improved language skills for youngsters

(Medical Xpress)—A good night's sleep can help children to acquire and retain vocabulary, according to new research by psychologists at the University of York and Sheffield Hallam University.

Health created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Youth with autism gravitate toward STEM majors in college—if they get there

It's a popularly held belief that individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) gravitate toward STEM majors in college (science, technology, engineering mathematics).

Autism spectrum disorders created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

This is your brain on freestyle rap: Study reveals characteristic brain patterns of lyrical improvisation

Researchers in the voice, speech, and language branch of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have used functional magnetic resonance imaging ...

Neuroscience created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The road to language learning is iconic

Languages are highly complex systems and yet most children seem to acquire language easily, even in the absence of formal instruction. New research on young children's use of British Sign Language (BSL) sheds light on one ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find that infants mimic unusual behavior when accompanied by language

(Medical Xpress)—A new Northwestern University study shows the power of language in infants' ability to understand the intentions of others. 

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research supports importance of father figures in children's education

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Bath have worked with local schools and families to assess how important father figures are in their children's education and upbringing.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Language, immigration status of hispanic caregivers impacted care of children with cancer

Language barriers and the immigration status of caregivers appear to impact the care of Hispanic children with cancer and affect the experience of the families within the medical system, according to data presented at the ...

Cancer created Oct 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children with autism can identify misbehavior but have trouble putting it in words

Children with autism have difficulty identifying inappropriate social behavior, and even when successful, they are often unable to justify why the behavior seemed inappropriate. New brain imaging studies show that children ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Neuroscientists find Broca's area is really two subunits, each with its own function

A century and a half ago, French physician Pierre Paul Broca found that patients with damage to part of the brain's frontal lobe were unable to speak more than a few words. Later dubbed Broca's area, this ...

Neuroscience created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast