Physical activity in lessons improves students' attainment

Researchers have found that students who take part in exercises like star jumps or running on the spot during school lessons do better in tests than peers who stick to sedentary learning.

Oct 19

Categories: Child Development

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Better sleep habits lead to better college grades

MIT professors have found a strong relationship between students' grades and how much sleep they are getting. What time students go to bed and the consistency of their sleep habits also make a big difference.

Oct 7

Categories: Child Development

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Preterm babies are less likely to form romantic relationships in ...

Meta-analysis conducted by researchers found that adults who were born pre-term are less likely to form romantic relationships than full-term peers

Sep 25

Categories: Child Development

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Predictability of parent interaction positively influences child’s ...

A child’s attachment and ability to regulate emotions are built on a reasonably good interaction with their parents. The importance of the quality of interaction is emphasized during the first few years, when the child’s brain is still ...

Sep 21

Categories: Child Development

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More learning in ‘active learning’ classrooms, but students ...

For decades, there has been evidence that active learning – classroom techniques designed to help students to participate in the learning process – produces better educational outcomes for students at virtually all levels

Sep 18

Categories: Child Development

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Kids wore video cameras in their preschool class, for science

The researchers documented the different experiences by having the children wear a video camera on their head for 2 hours on one day to see what the class was like from the child’s perspective.

Sep 16

Categories: Child Development

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Genetic regions associated with left-handedness identified

It was already known that genes have a partial role in determining handedness – studies of twins have estimated that 25% of the variation in handedness can be attributed to genes – but which genes these are had not been established in the ...

Sep 9

Categories: Child Development

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Lack of oxygen doesn’t kill infant brain cell

Research shows that even a brief 30 minute of hypoxia is enough to persistently disrupt the structure and function of the brain region known as the hippocampus, which is important for learning and memory. These findings raise new concerns about the ...

Sep 2

Categories: Child Development

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Children With An Older Brother Have Poorer Language Skills Than Those ...

A recent study involving French-speaking children investigated the effects of birth order and gender of older siblings on the language abilities of young children. Results show that children who have older brothers tend to develop weaker language ...

Aug 30

Categories: Child Development, Other

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Can pomegranate juice protect the infant brain?

Mothers undergo steps to protect the new-born’s brain, mitigating risk before birth is critical. Some new-borns, such as those with intrauterine growth restriction, are at heightened risk. Intervening before birth to aid in protecting the new born ...

Aug 28

Categories: Child Development

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Mindfulness for Middle School Students

Based on two new studies regarding mindfulness, it was found that students benefit from mindfulness training. Individuals who were taught to practice mindfulness felt lesser stress, did better for standardized academic tests and had better conduct ...

Aug 27

Categories: Child Development, Mindfulness

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Impulsive Behavior Linked to Sleep and Screen Time

Lack of sleep and excessive screen-time can cause children and adolescents to make poor decisions and act recklessly, which might lead to the worsening of their mental health and development of addictions in the future.

Aug 15

Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development

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Warning to adults: Children notice everything

Researchers had found that adults are good at paying attention to what you tell them while children don’t ignore anything as compared to adults.

Aug 14

Categories: Child Development

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Wearable motion sensors could save unborn babies

Researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology have developed a technique that could allow expectant parents to hear their baby’s heartbeat continuously at home with a non-invasive and safe device that is potentially more accurate than any ...

Aug 10

Categories: Child Development

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Music develops the spoken language of the hearing-impaired

Finnish researchers confirm that music helps to support the development of spoken language

Aug 8

Categories: Child Development

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