How talking to toddlers boosts early brain development
Talking to toddlers helps shape their developing brain, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
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Talking to toddlers helps shape their developing brain, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
May 15, 2023
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High levels of the stress hormone cortisol during the third trimester of pregnancy may improve speech and language skills in the first three years of a child's life, according to research to be presented May 13 at the 25th ...
May 13, 2023
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Obesity is a growing epidemic in children and adults. A large national study published in the International Journal of Obesity now finds that preteens carrying excess weight have notable differences in cognitive performance, ...
Apr 26, 2023
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Studies have shown that consuming alcohol during pregnancy can alter the brain and behavioral development of gestating offspring. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against maternal alcohol ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Brain development does not occur uniformly across the brain, but follows a newly identified developmental sequence, according to a new Penn Medicine study. Brain regions that support cognitive, social, and emotional functions ...
Apr 10, 2023
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A new study from researchers at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet shows that children who go on to develop symptoms of autism have different activity in their brain's visual cortex from as early as five months ...
Mar 30, 2023
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New research published in Human Brain Mapping reveals sex differences and developmental changes in the brain's white matter—which provides communication between different parts of the brain—in healthy, typically developing ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Rett syndrome is a devastating developmental disorder, principally occurring in girls, caused by mutations in the gene MECP2 that leads to severe cognitive, motor and other symptoms. That's why the March 12 approval by the ...
Mar 13, 2023
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New research pinpoints a key cause of metastasis from an aggressive form of brain cancer in children and provides a potential new therapy for treating these tumors in the future.
Mar 6, 2023
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A new study led by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers confirms that brain development in people with autism differs from those with typical neurodevelopment. According to the study published in PNAS, these differences are ...
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