The answer to what makes the human brain unique may lie in junk DNA.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Autistic Children Struggle With Hidden Emotions
Autistic children often misjudge the feelings of others because they do not use contextual cues to identify underlying emotions.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Smoggier Skies, Lower Scores? Air Pollution Impacts Cognitive Performance of Students
An increase of 10 micrograms per cubic meter of PM10 air pollution on examination days reduced students’ test scores by 8% on average, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Clever Children Tell Better Jokes
The link between humor and intelligence appears to be much stronger in children than in adults, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Cannabis Causes Birth Defects in Susceptible Mice
In-vitro exposure to THC can cause birth defects in genetically predisposed mice. THC interferes with Hedgehog signaling in the developing mice, leading to an increased risk of birth defects.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Video Game With Biofeedback Helps Kids and Teens Regulate Stress and Anger
RAGE-Control, a video game system that utilizes biofeedback to regulate heart rate, reduces stress, oppositional behavior, and aggression by training children to stay calm during stressful and frustrating situations.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Differences in Brain Structure Between Siblings Make Some More Susceptible to Developing Severe Antisocial Behavior
Study found structural differences in the prefrontal cortex and brain areas associated with empathy and cognitive control, between siblings where one displayed antisocial behaviors and the other did not.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Detects Origins of Huntington’s Disease in Two-Week-Old Human Embryos
Synthesizing a human embryo from stem cells and using gene editing to insert the Huntingtin gene, researchers found the mutation affected the size of germ layers compared to the control embryos. Findings suggest Huntington’s disease may be a neurodevel…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy May Contribute to ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders
A 25-year study identifies a link between the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy and an increased risk of developmental disorders, including ADHD, autism, and decreased IQ in children.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Parents Feed Kids Is Linked to Emotional Eating
Overall, restrictive eating was the only feeding practice that linked parent and child emotional eating.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Morality Demonstrated in Stories Can Alter Judgement for Early Adolescents
Reading about moral characteristics helps teens absorb those traits as building blocks for their own morality, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Let Babies Play! Free Play May Help Infants Learn and Develop
Researchers say letting infants play with everyday items within their environment can help them learn and develop.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Our Unique Brain Takes Shape During Mid-Pregnancy
Researchers identified key alterations in gene expression and structure of the developing human brain that makes it unique among other animal species.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Children Who Eat More Fruit and Veg Have Better Mental Health
Children who regularly consume fruits and vegetables have better mental well-being than their peers who do not consume fresh fruit and vegetables. Those who eat five or more servings of fruits and veggies a day have a better overall mental well-being s…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Children Do Not Understand Concept of Others Having False Beliefs Until Age 6 or 7
Young children do not understand true or false belief, instead, they rely on perceptual access reasoning. The findings upend the longstanding belief that theory of mind is acquired by age four.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Virtual Reality Affects Children Differently Than Adults
Immersive virtual reality could disrupt a child’s default coordination strategy, researchers report.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Number Diagnosed With Autism Jumps 787 Percent In Two Decades
Between 1998 and 2018, the number of people diagnosed with autism has jumped by 787%. The rate of increase was greater for females, with the greatest rise in adults being diagnosed with ASD.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Sports Participation in Young Boys Reduces Depression and Anxiety Later
Young boys who play sports are less likely to develop depression, anxiety, and emotional distress later in childhood, researchers say. Additionally, boys who experience less emotional distress during middle childhood are more likely to be physically ac…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Adults With Neurologic Conditions More Likely to Have Experienced Childhood Trauma
Adults who experienced traumatic events, including abuse and household dysfunction, as children had an increased risk of developing neurological conditions later in life. Additionally, researchers found a significant link between childhood trauma and d…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Unusual Visual Examination of Objects May Indicate Later Autism Diagnosis in Infants
The way in which an infant visually examines an object may predict a later autism diagnosis, researchers say. Unusual visual inspection of items at 9 months was a strong predictor of an ASD diagnosis later in childhood.
