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 vulnerability of the preterm brain to hypoxia.
Date Posted: September 2, 2019
Categories: Child Development
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Finnish researchers confirm that music helps to support the development of spoken language
Aug 8
Categories: Child Development
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Research adds further evidence to support the prenatal sex steroid theory of autism first proposed 20 years ago.
Aug 3
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child Development
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Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are often less ready for school than their peers, due to impairment in various areas such as social development and learning approaches. As such, there is a need to identify children who ...
Aug 2
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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New research suggests that a single allergic reaction during pregnancy prompts sexual development changes in the brains of offspring that last a lifetime. It has been found that female rats born to mothers exposed to an allergen during pregnancy ...
Jul 31
Categories: Child Development
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Studies have indicated that prenatal caffeine intake of 300mg/day or more in women, which is approximately 2 to 3 cups of coffee per day, can result in lower birth weights of their children.
Jul 29
Categories: Child Development
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The manner in which twins are delivered during labor can have an impact on their future development. A cesarean section may negatively affect the intelligence and psychological development of twins; hence, many gynecologists strongly believe in the ...
Jul 22
Categories: Child Development
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With the last half century Western Europe countries having enjoyed a large increase in gender equalities where the employment rate for women in Germany has increased from 48% in 1980 to 73% in 2014. Psychologists are interested to see if there are ...
Jul 17
Categories: Child Development
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It has been thought that infants form categories using information from just one sense, whichever the most relevant. For example, the category of ‘faces’ result from an accumulation of visual information about what faces look like. However, an ...
Jul 17
Categories: Child Development
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UCF researchers are now a step closer to showing the link between the food pregnant women consume and the effects on a fetus’ developing brain.
Jul 13
Categories: Child Development
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