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Gesturing With Hands a Powerful Tool for Children's Math Learning
Mar. 11, 2014 — Children who use their hands to gesture during a math lesson gain a deep understanding of the problems they are taught, according to new research. The researchers taught third-grade children a ... full story -
Lower IQ and Poorer Cardiovascular Fitness in Teen Years Increase Risk of Early-Onset Dementia
Mar. 10, 2014 — Men who at the age of 18 years have poorer cardiovascular fitness and/or a lower IQ more often suffer from dementia before the age of 60. This is shown in a recent study encompassing more than one ... full story -
Strong Parental Networks: Not Good for All Children
Mar. 10, 2014 — Parents’ social networks have an impact on their children’s educational attainment. Researchers have studied the details of how parental networks affect the educational careers of adolescents. ... full story -
New Guidelines Employ a Team Approach to Autism Diagnosis, Care
Mar. 8, 2014 — Improving diagnosis and treatment for individuals with autism has been the focus of a growing body of research. New information from these studies led the American Academy of Child and Adolescent ... full story -
Infants Using Known Verbs to Learn New Nouns: Before Infants Begin to Talk in Sentences, They Are Paying Careful Attention to Conversations
Mar. 7, 2014 — New research demonstrates that even before infants begin to talk in sentences, they are paying careful attention to the way a new word is used in conversations, and they learn new words from this ... full story -
People More Willing to Disclose Experience of Mental Health Problems, Survey Finds
Mar. 7, 2014 — A new survey has found that people are more willing than ever to disclose their experience of having a mental health problem and receiving treatment. This increase in willingness to disclose, the ... full story -
After Years of Improving, Rates of Youth Suicide-Related Behaviors Stopped Declining, Canadian Study Finds
Mar. 7, 2014 — After four years of declining, the rates of teenagers coming into Ontario emergency departments with suicide-related behaviors stopped dropping between 2006 and 2010. "Coming into hospital with ... full story -
Mothers Leave Work Because They Don't Want to Behave Like Working Men, Study Suggests
Mar. 7, 2014 — Middle-class working mothers are leaving work because they are unwilling to behave like men, according to a new research article. Many of the interviewed women found it hard to combine work and ... full story -
Preschoolers Can Outsmart College Students at Figuring out Gizmos
Mar. 6, 2014 — Preschoolers can be smarter than college students at figuring out how unusual toys and gadgets work because they're more flexible and less biased than adults in their ideas about cause and ... full story -
Primary Care Needs to 'Wake-Up' to Links Between Domestic Abuse, Safeguarding Children
Mar. 6, 2014 — Researchers looking at how healthcare professionals deal with domestic violence cases have identified that GPs, practice nurses and practice managers are uncertain about how to respond to the ... full story -
Obese Adolescents Not Getting Enough Sleep?
Mar. 6, 2014 — Lack of sleep and obesity have been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in adults and young children. However, the association is not as clear in adolescents, ... full story -
Are You Smarter Than a 5-Year-Old? Preschoolers Can Do Algebra
Mar. 6, 2014 — Millions of high school and college algebra students are united in a shared agony over solving for x and y, and for those to whom the answers don't come easily, it gets worse: Most preschoolers ... full story -
E-Cigarettes: Gateway to Nicotine Addiction for U.S. Teens
Mar. 6, 2014 — E-cigarettes, promoted as a way to quit regular cigarettes, may actually be a new route to conventional smoking and nicotine addiction for teenagers, according to a new study. In the first analysis ... full story -
Higher Levels of Omega-3 in Diet Are Associated With Better Sleep, Study Shows
Mar. 6, 2014 — Higher levels of omega-3 DHA, the group of long-chain fatty acids found in algae and seafood, are associated with better sleep, shows a randomized, placebo-controlled study. The study finds that ... full story -
Japanese Town: Half the Survivors of Mega-Earthquake, Tsunami, Have PTSD Symptoms
Mar. 6, 2014 — A new study shows that more than half the survivors in one Japanese town exhibited 'clinically concerning' symptoms of PTSD following the country's mega-earthquake and tsunami. ... full story -
Classroom Focus on Social, Emotional Skills Can Lead to Academic Gains, Study Shows
Mar. 6, 2014 — Classroom programs designed to improve elementary school students' social and emotional skills can also increase reading and math achievement, even if academic improvement is not a direct goal ... full story -
Energy Drinks Linked to Teen Health Risks
Mar. 6, 2014 — The uplifting effects of energy drinks are well advertised, but a new report finds consumption among teenagers may be linked with poor mental health and substance use. The researchers found that high ... full story -
'Tiger Mothers' Run Risk of Raising Ethnic Outcasts in Pursuit of Academic Success
Mar. 6, 2014 — For Chinese and Vietnamese immigrant parents and their children, success is equal to getting straight As, graduating from an elite university and pursuing an advanced degree. However, these narrow ... full story -
Black Boys Viewed as Older, Less Innocent Than Whites, Research Finds
Mar. 6, 2014 — Black boys as young as 10 may not be viewed in the same light of childhood innocence as their white peers, but are instead more likely to be mistaken as older, be perceived as guilty and face police ... full story -
Head Start More Beneficial for Children Whose Parents Provide Less Early Academic Stimulation
Mar. 6, 2014 — A new study finds that one year of Head Start can make a bigger difference for children from homes where parents provide less early academic stimulation. The study analyzed data from the Head Start ... full story -
Iron Deficiency Important to Assess in Children Adopted from Institutional Settings
Mar. 6, 2014 — Children who spent more time in institutional settings (like orphanages) prior to adoption, and had more severe iron deficiency at the time of adoption, were more likely to have lower IQs and poorer ... full story
- Lower IQ and poorer cardiovascular fitness in teen years increase risk of early-onset dementia
- Strong parental networks: Not good for all children
- Infants using known verbs to learn new nouns: Before infants begin to talk in sentences, they are paying careful attention to conversations
- People more willing to disclose experience of mental health problems, survey finds
- After years of improving, rates of youth suicide-related behaviors stopped declining, Canadian study finds
- Mothers leave work because they don't want to behave like working men, study suggests
- Preschoolers can outsmart college students at figuring out gizmos
- Primary care needs to 'wake-up' to links between domestic abuse, safeguarding children
- Obese adolescents not getting enough sleep?
- Are you smarter than a 5-year-old? Preschoolers can do algebra
- E-cigarettes: Gateway to nicotine addiction for U.S. teens
- Higher levels of omega-3 in diet are associated with better sleep, study shows
- Japanese Town: Half the survivors of mega-earthquake, tsunami, have PTSD symptoms
- Classroom focus on social, emotional skills can lead to academic gains, study shows
- Energy drinks linked to teen health risks
- 'Tiger mothers' run risk of raising ethnic outcasts in pursuit of academic success
- Black boys viewed as older, less innocent than whites, research finds
- Head Start more beneficial for children whose parents provide less early academic stimulation
- Iron deficiency important to assess in children adopted from institutional settings
- Atypical development in siblings of children with autism is detectable at 12 months
- Thirty percent of adults with attention deficit disorder report childhood physical abuse
- Drug therapy could eventually reverse memory decline in seniors
- New program for students with autism offers hope after high school
- Are bilingual kids more open-minded? Probably not
- Experiential avoidance increases PTSD risk following child maltreatment
- All work and no play for children: Losing their childhood and their happiness?
- Barbie could dampen a young girl's career dreams, study suggests
- Adolescent relationship violence has mental health implications for victims, perpetrators
- Determination might be a very human expression
- Opening a casino linked with lower rate of overweight children in that community
- Moving out of high poverty appears to affect the mental health of boys, girls differently
- Young children form first impressions from faces
- Alzheimer’s in a dish: Stem cells from patients offer model and drug-discovery platform for early onset form of disease
- Military dads have to re-learn parenting after deployment
- Children who regularly practice family routines exhibit higher social-emotional health
- Cigarette smoking may cause physical changes in brains of young smokers, study shows
- Youngest kindergarteners most likely to be held back, study finds
- Exploring sexual orientation and intimate partner violence
- Aggression, rule-breaking common among Taiwanese teenagers who have early sex
- Children with ADHD have higher risk of teenage obesity, physical inactivity
- Female doctors spend more time than male doctors on parenting, household tasks
- Largest-ever study of mental health risk, resilience in army personnel releases findings
- In academia, men more likely to cooperate with lower-ranked colleagues
- Personality clashes not the cause of workplace harassment -- organizational structure to blame
- Health benefits from free play confirmed by research
- Frequent childhood nightmares may indicate an increased risk of psychotic traits
- Racial bias in pain perception appears among children as young as 7
- Psychiatric nursing specialists played key role in response to Boston Marathon bombing
- Retention leads to discipline problems in other kids
- Can an app help make life easier for children with ADHD?
- Mental health problems mistaken for physical illness in children
- Rare disorder causes bleeding on brain of 3-year-old girl
- Prenatal Nicotine Exposure May Lead to ADHD in Future Generations
- New search engine delivers content matched to student ability
- Effective treatment for youth anxiety disorders has lasting benefit
- Childhood adversity leads to lifelong relationship, health disadvantage for black men
- Father's age tied to higher rates of psychiatric, academic problems in kids
- Why breastfed babies are so smart: Moms who breastfeed are often responsive and read to their babies
- Surge in designer drugs, tainted 'E' poses lethal risks
- Causal link found between vitamin D, serotonin synthesis and autism in new study
- Suicide in apparently well-functioning young men
- New autism definition may decrease diagnosis by one third
- Stigma 'key deterrent' in accessing mental health care
- Continuous handling of receipts linked to higher urine BPA levels
- Risky behaviors of gambling, sex linked in African-American youth
- Psychological side-effects of anti-depressants worse than thought
- Filicide in the U.S.: First comprehensive statistical overview of tragic phenomenon
- Can babies learn to read? No, study finds
- Use of acetaminophen during pregnancy linked to ADHD in children, researchers say
- New ideas change your brain cells, research shows
- Higher risks among perinatal women with bipolar disorder
- Parents' attitudes about helping their grown children affect their mental health
- Age-21 drinking laws save lives, study confirms
- Pointing is infants' first communicative gesture
- Culture influences young people's self-esteem: Fulfillment of value priorities of other individuals important to youth
- Peer pressured to 'sext:' Study shows that teens who sext are influenced by peer dynamics
- Premature infants benefit from adult talk, study shows
- Concussion researchers document pre-injury 'normal'
- Study in fruitflies strengthens connection among protein misfolding, sleep loss, and age
- Gaps in inpatient psychiatry for Ontario youth, study concludes
- Involved parents raise slimmer adults
- Genetic disorder causing strokes, vascular inflammation in children discovered
- Gene sequencing project discovers common driver of a childhood brain tumor
- Potential solution for feeding, swallowing difficulties in children with digeorge syndrome, autism
- Genetics linked to children viewing high amounts of violent media
- 'Beautiful but sad' music can help people feel better
- Most of us have made best memories by age 25
- Family problems experienced in childhood and adolescence affect brain development
- High family stress can impact child's immune system
- In fight against teen prescription drug abuse, home and school-based programs work in combination
- Parents are not more likely to split up if mothers earn more than fathers
- Mother's voice improves hospitalization, feeding in preemies, studies show
- 'Legal highs,' PMMA and zombie panic: Real dangers of the lacing of ecstasy pills
- Frequent school moves can increase the risk of psychotic symptoms in early adolescence
- Program launched to help mothers of severely disabled children cope
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