Kids with autism do well learning new words: study
(HealthDay)—Children with autism learn new words the same way as other children do, but it takes them longer, a small study found.
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(HealthDay)—Children with autism learn new words the same way as other children do, but it takes them longer, a small study found.
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A pioneering test to help diagnose mental health disorders is a step closer to being used in hospitals and clinics.
Oct 30, 2015
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We are creatures of habit, nearly mindlessly executing routine after routine. Some habits we feel good about; others, less so. Habits are, after all, thought to be driven by reward-seeking mechanisms that are built into the ...
Aug 20, 2015
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Facial motion capture - the same technology used to develop realistic computer graphics in video games and movies - has been used to identify differences between children with childhood apraxia of speech and those with other ...
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Even if you don't know what Parkinson's disease is, you can likely recall the image of Muhammad Ali's trembling hands, halting speech and mask-like expression—common symptoms of a chronic and progressive movement disorder ...
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New research into the causes of the excessive inflammation that drives multiple sclerosis has identified a faulty "brake" within immune cells, a brake that should be controlling the inflammation. This points to a potential ...
May 19, 2015
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Michael Richardson first experienced symptoms of dystonia, a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions and spasms, when he was 13.
May 5, 2015
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Like many young people, David Higgins was initially in denial about the possibility of having a serious, lifelong disease.
Apr 17, 2015
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A breakthrough study performed in an international collaboration led by Professor Tosso Leeb from the University of Bern and Professor Hannes Lohi from the University of Helsinki together with the veterinary neurologists ...
Apr 16, 2015
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UC San Francisco scientists have discovered a possible mechanism for how deep-brain stimulation (DBS), a widely used treatment for movement disorders, exerts its therapeutic effects.
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