Early Learning Has Lasting Effects
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MONDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- In a finding that offers insights into how young children learn language, researchers have discovered the early learning experiences of owls forever alter their brain circuitry.
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NEW YORK, June 3 -- The ordinary observer might assume that the thoughts of Rainen Solomon, a burbling 17-month-old in powder-blue shorts, hew to basics, like "hungry" and " very hungry." Derek Ogilvie, a.k.a. the Baby Mind Reader, is picking up more complicated signals.
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NEW YORK  - Children whose mothers experience severe abuse at the hands of an intimate partner are more likely to wind up in hospital emergency departments, and their increased risk may persist for up to three years after the abuse has ended, new research shows.
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Toddlers may act up like little apes, but researchers who compared the species concluded a 2-year-old child still has the more sophisticated social learning skills.
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Children who start nursery school by the age of two are up to a year ahead in maths and English when they begin full-time schooling, a major research project, published yesterday, shows.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Repeated ultrasound exposures during pregnancy may not cause long-term harm to infants, according to a new study.
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Difficulty in school isnât always a sign of a learning disorder, it may just be a sign that a childâs eyes arenât working properly.
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Exposure to harmful factors in early childhood could play a bigger-than-expected role in shaping respiratory problems in adult life.
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New research is challenging the idea that memory becomes more accurate with age.
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Using 'phonics' to teach reading and spelling gives children a sizeable head-start, a study says.
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NEW YORK  - Even young children can paint a  picture of their health and well-being, though it doesn't  always match parents' perceptions, research shows.
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Better nutrition not only helps small boys grow up taller and stronger but can boost earning power, a long-term study in Guatemala showed on Friday, with the researchers saying childhood feeding would help reduce poverty.
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In the first long-term study of air pollution&#39;s effects on children, researchers reported on Wednesday that contaminated air stunts lung development in teenagers and the effects could extend well into adulthood.
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Fleeting childhood moments can have profound financial consequences.
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REPEATED ultrasound scans during pregnancy may have a small effect on foetal growth but there is no long-term impact on the child.
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For cats, the act of stepping over an object can make for a long-lasting memory of it.
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Healthy infants who constantly cry may be at risk for having a lower IQ and behavioral problems in their childhood years. A new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Colleagues in Norway