Psychology & Psychiatry
Watching Harry Potter films enhances creativity in children: study
Parents who feel guilty about letting their young children watch too many fantasy movies on TV can relax.
Mar 22, 2012
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News tagged with parental education
Neuroscience
Improving spatial cognition skills also improves verbal reasoning skills, as seen on MRI
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S., has found that students taking a high school course designed to improve spatial cognition skills also got a boost in verbal reasoning skills. The study ...
Diabetes
Adopting US culture ups diabetes risk in Mexican-American kids
(HealthDay)—The more that Mexican-American children adopt mainstream U.S. culture, the greater their risk for type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.
Mar 23, 2015
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Neuroscience
How socioeconomic status shapes developing brains
The relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and brain anatomy is mostly stable from childhood to early adulthood, according to a longitudinal neuroimaging study of more than 600 healthy young people published in JNeurosci. ...
Dec 24, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Becoming less active and gaining weight: Downsides of becoming an adult
Leaving school and getting a job both lead to a drop in the amount of physical activity, while becoming a mother is linked to increased weight gain, conclude two reviews published today and led by researchers at the University ...
Jan 20, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Middle-class children: Squeaky wheels in training
A study by Indiana University sociologist Jessica McCrory Calarco found that working-class and middle-class parents often take very deliberate -- but different -- approaches to helping their children with their school experiences.
Aug 19, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Father absence in early childhood linked to depression in adolescent girls
(Medical Xpress)—New research from the Children of the 90s study at the University of Bristol shows that girls whose fathers were absent during the first five years of life were more likely to develop depressive symptoms ...
May 15, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Lack of clarity about HPV vaccine and the need for cervical cancer screening
The research will be presented today at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Academic Primary Care, hosted this year by the Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol.
Jul 7, 2011
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Genetics
deCODE study highlights the important role of genes in nurture
In a study published tomorrow, researchers at deCODE genetics demonstrate that parental genes, both those that are transmitted to the child and those not transmitted, can affect the child's fate through their impact on the ...
Jan 26, 2018
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Pediatrics
Playing several sports keeps kids slimmer: study
(HealthDay) -- Teens who play on three or more sports teams are much less likely to be overweight or obese than their peers who don't play a sport, new research finds.
Jul 16, 2012
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