Pediatrics
Too much screen time a damper on child's development
Young children spend a lot of time fiddling with smartphones, tapping away at tablets and staring at TV screens.
Jan 28, 2019
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Neuroscience
How spanking may affect brain development in children
Spanking may affect a child's brain development in similar ways to more severe forms of violence, according to a new study led by Harvard researchers.
Apr 12, 2021
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Attention deficit disorders
How COVID-19 increases challenges for youth with ADHD
Compared to their peers, youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to experience significant impairment in school functioning and mental health. Mix in the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruptions ...
Jan 18, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers identify key biological markers for psychotic disorders
A team of researchers led by faculty at the University of Georgia has identified a number of biological markers that make it possible to classify mental disorders with greater precision. Their findings, published today in ...
Dec 8, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Stress during pregnancy may affect baby's sex, risk of preterm birth
It's becoming well established that maternal stress during pregnancy can affect fetal and child development as well as birth outcomes, and a new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians ...
Oct 14, 2019
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Pediatrics
Research finds children living at high altitude at higher risk of mental development delays
(Medical Xpress)—George Wehby from the University of Iowa has been conducting a study to discover adverse mental development effects on toddlers and babies due to living at high altitudes. He's found, as he describes in ...
Autism spectrum disorders
New research finds majority of children with autism may be 'doing well'
One of the biggest longitudinal research studies of its kind in the world led by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) suggests that positive outcomes for children ...
Mar 30, 2021
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Neuroscience
Brain charts map the rapid growth and slow decline of the human brain over our lifetime
An international team of researchers has created a series of brain charts spanning our entire lifespan—from a 15 week old fetus to 100 year old adult—that show how our brains expand rapidly in early life and slowly shrink ...
Apr 6, 2022
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Health
Exercise boosts brain health with chemical signals, study shows
Physical activity is frequently cited as a means of improving physical and mental health. Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have shown that it may also improve brain health more directly. ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Listen! Birdsong is good for mental health
When you next hear cheerful twittering of birds, you should stop and listen. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) have shown that birdsong reduces ...
Oct 13, 2022
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