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Fathers Spend More Time With Children Who Resemble Them, Study Suggests
Darwin's theory of evolution
predicts that men will take
more care of children that
look like them. Scientists
have now verified this
... > full story
Songbirds Reveal How Practice Improves Performance
Learning complex skills like
playing an instrument
requires a sequence of
movements that can take
years to master. Last year,
neuroscientists reported
... > full story
Battle Of The Sexes Benefits Offspring, Says Research In Birds
Parents compensate for a
lazy partner by working
harder to bring up their
offspring, but not enough to
completely make up for the
lack of parenting, says
... > full story
Importance Of Developmental Screening Tool For Identifying Delays In Pre-term Children Shown
A new study finds that U.S.
pediatricians have plenty of
room for improvement when it
comes to using a screening
questionnaire to flag devel ... > full story
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Difference In The Way Children With Autism Learn New Behaviors Described
July 10, 2009 — Researchers have uncovered important new insights into the neurological basis of ... > full story -
No Psychological Risk In Children Next-Born After Stillbirth, Study Suggests
July 10, 2009 — There is no evidence that children next-born after stillbirth are clinically at risk compared to children of non-bereaved mothers, according to a new study. However, the study did find evidence of ... > full story -
Parents' Endorsement Of Vigorous Team Sports Increases Children's Physical Activity
July 9, 2009 — Parents who value strenuous team sports are more likely to influence their children to join a team or at least participate in some kind of exercise, and spend less time in front of the TV or ... > full story -
Do Bilingual Persons Have Distinct Language Areas In The Brain?
July 9, 2009 — A unique single case study suggests that first and second languages of bilingual people are represented in different places in the ... > full story -
Language Skills In Your Twenties May Predict Risk Of Dementia Decades Later
July 9, 2009 — People who have superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease decades later, despite having the hallmark signs of the disease, according to new ... > full story -
Plain Language For Health Care Professionals To Improve Communication With Patients
July 9, 2009 — The doctor speaks "medicalese," and the patient's eyes glaze over. Researchers noticed this familiar failure to communicate when health care researchers asked people to take part in studies. So they ... > full story -
Mothers Of Children With Autism Have Higher Parental Stress, Psychological Distress
July 9, 2009 — Mothers of children with autism had higher levels of parenting-related stress and psychological distress than mothers of children with developmental delay. Children's problem behavior was associated ... > full story -
Annual Costs Of Stroke In US Children At Least $42 Million
July 9, 2009 — Stroke in children costs at least $42 million annually for initial care in the United States. The lifetime costs of childhood stroke are likely greater than costs for adults due to longer life ... > full story -
Single Gene Mutation Responsible For 'Catastrophic Epilepsy'
July 8, 2009 — Catastrophic epilepsy -- characterized by severe muscle spasms, persistent seizures, mental retardation and sometimes autism -- results from a mutation in a single gene, researchers ... > full story -
Non-drug Interventions May Comfort Children Having An Anesthetic
July 8, 2009 — Parental acupuncture, clown doctors, hypnotherapy, low sensory stimulation and hand-held video games are promising non-drug interventions that are likely to help reduce children's anxiety during the ... > full story
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