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Kids’ developing brain regions hit hard by sleep deprivation...

Dec 27, 2016 by

University of Zurich research have demonstrated that the brains of 5- to 12-year-olds respond differently to sleep deprivation than adults. Lack of sleep in children affects posterior regions of the brain, which deal with spatial perception, vision and processing...

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Music training helps kids’ brains develop faster

Aug 3, 2016 by

A five-year study of children’s brains found that those who learned to play instruments developed certain brain skills faster than those who didn’t....

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Kids often outsmart college students with new gadgets

Apr 7, 2014 by

A new study found that children can sometimes outsmart college students when it comes to figuring out how unusual toys and gadgets work. Why? Because they have less bias than adults about cause and effect....

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Kids learn two languages as easily as one

Aug 25, 2013 by

For adults, learning another language can require tons and tons of practice. But new research indicates that despite the complexity of learning two languages at once, children pick them up quite easily....

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Sports medicine physician says kids shouldn’t play football...

Aug 21, 2013 by

Dr. Pietro Tonino of Loyal University Medical Center is advising parents not to let their kids play high school. He says it’s just not worth the risks – especially long-term consequences of injuries sustained even during youth. Compared to...

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Children with TBI more likely to be disabled if they have ADHD too...

Jul 9, 2013 by

Children who experience a mild traumatic brain injury are more likely to be moderately disabled if they also have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Other factors, such as age, sex, hospital length of stay, mechanisms of injury, etc. were controlled...

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