Health
Western diet leads to poorer performance
Higher intake of a western diet by 14-year-olds has been linked with diminished cognitive performance at age 17.
Sep 22, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Visual exposure predicts infants' ability to follow another's gaze
Following another person's gaze can reveal a wealth of information critical to social interactions and also to safety. Gaze following typically emerges in infancy, and new research looking at preterm infants suggests that ...
Aug 15, 2014
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Genetics
Clues emerge to genetic architecture of cognitive abilities in children
How genes affect intelligence is complicated. Multiple genes, many yet unknown, are thought to interact among themselves and with environmental factors to influence the diverse abilities involved in intelligence.
Aug 11, 2014
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Health
New hospital screening tool helps find children at nutritional risk easier, study finds
Pediatric inpatients with poor nutrition are at greater risk for problems with their immune systems, physical and cognitive development, and clinical outcomes. Detection of nutritional issues in pediatric inpatients would ...
Aug 6, 2014
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Health
Background TV can be bad for kids
Parents, turn off the television when your children are with you. And when you do let them watch, make sure the programs stimulate their interest in learning.
Jul 24, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Babies' early social relationships influence life skills
By sharing experiences such as book-reading, cooking or pretend play with babies as young as two, parents can help shape their children's lives for the better.
Jun 19, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Online lab to study early childhood learning
MIT's Early Childhood Cognition Laboratory (ECCL) has developed an online laboratory to study how infants and young children learn about the world. The website, called "Lookit," allows families all over the world to participate ...
Jun 18, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Long-term study suggests ways to help children learn language and develop cognitive skills
Examining factors such as how much children gesture at an early age may make it possible to identify and intervene with very young children at risk for delays in speech and cognitive development, according to a new study ...
Jun 17, 2014
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Health
Early childhood programs yield long-term gains for children in developing nations
A new report has found that early childhood programs, shown to give significant, long-term cognitive and economic benefits to children in the United States, also can greatly benefit children in developing nations.
Jun 13, 2014
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Health
Many schools are neglecting students' health and wellbeing, warn experts
Many schools in England are neglecting – and may be actively harming - students' health and wellbeing, warn experts in an editorial published in BMJ today. Professor Chris Bonell at the Institute of Education and colleagues ...
May 13, 2014
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