Child Development Articles

• Epilepsy Research
  Epilepsy
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Birth Defects
  Disorders and Syndromes
   

  Seizure

  Seizures are temporary abnormal electro-physiologic phenomena of the brain, resulting in abnormal synchronization of electrical neuronal activity. They can manifest as an alteration in mental state, ... > more
• Eating Disorders
  Eating Disorder Research
  Mental Health Research
  Sports Medicine
  Nutrition Research
  Mental Health
   

  Bulimia nervosa

  Bulimia nervosa, more commonly known as bulimia, is an eating disorder. It is a psychological condition in which the subject engages in recurrent binge eating followed by intentionally doing one or ... > more
• Perception
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Spirituality
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   
  

  Synesthesia

  Synesthesia (also spelled synæsthesia or synaesthesia, plural synesthesiae) is a neurological condition in which two or more bodily senses are coupled. In a form of synesthesia known as ... > more
• Intelligence
  Language Acquisition
  Racial Issues
  Relationships
  Social Psychology
  Child Development
   
  

  Mensa International

  Mensa International is the largest, oldest, and most well-known high IQ society in the world. The organization restricts its membership to people with high testable IQs. Specifically, potential ... > more
• Psychology
  Intelligence
  Behavior
  Neuroscience
  Social Psychology
  Child Psychology
   

  Neuropsychology

  Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology and neurology that aims to understand how the structure and function of the brain relate to specific psychological processes. It is scientific in its ... > more
• Neuroscience
  Psychiatry
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Depression
  Intelligence
  Mental Health
   

  Psychosurgery

  Psychosurgery is a term for surgeries of the brain involving procedures that modulate the performance of the brain, and thus effect changes in cognition, with the intent to treat or alleviate severe ... > more
• Dementia
  Alzheimer's Research
  Alzheimer's
  Healthy Aging
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   

  Dementia

  Dementia is progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Particularly affected areas may be memory, attention, ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Sports Medicine
  Perception
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   

  Hallucination

  A hallucination is a sensory perception experienced in the absence of an external stimulus, as distinct from an illusion, which is a misperception of an external stimulus. Hallucinations may occur in ... > more
• Addiction
  Alcoholism
  Controlled Substances
  Illegal Drugs
  Smoking Addiction
  Cocaine
   

  Addiction

  Addiction is a chronic disorder proposed to be precipitated by a combination of genetic, biological/pharmacological and social factors. Addiction is a compulsion to repeat a behaviour regardless of ... > more
• Anxiety
  Psychiatry
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Healthy Aging
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Psychology Research
   
  

  Anxiety

  Anxiety is a physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components. These components combine to create the feelings that we typically recognize as fear, ... > more

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