Social deprivation has a measurable effect on brain growth
Severe psychological and physical neglect produces measurable changes in children’s brains, finds a study led by Boston Children’s Hospital. But the study also suggests that positive interventions can partially reverse these changes.
Researchers led by...
Many Australian families managing without childcare
Many Australian families are managing their working lives so they don't miss out on time with their children and without using formal child-care services, according to new research released today by the Australian Institute...
How brain mechanisms for memory retrieval differ between children and adults
Neuroscientists from Wayne State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are taking a deeper look into how the brain mechanisms for memory retrieval differ between adults and children. While the memory systems...
Marijuana use doubles risk of premature birth
A large international study led by University of Adelaide researchers has found that women who use marijuana can more than double the risk of giving birth to a baby prematurely.
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Child’s behaviour linked to father-infant interactions
Children whose fathers are more positively engaged with them at the age of three months have fewer behavioural problems at the age of twelve months, according to new research funded by the Wellcome Trust....
Exposure to sexual content in popular movies predicts sexual behavior in adolescence
Intuitively it simply makes sense: exposure to sexual content in movies at an early age probably influences adolescents’ sexual behavior. And yet, even though a great deal of research has shown that adolescents who...
Healthy eating key to girls’ ability to learn
Lower birth weight and poor childhood diet can lead to poor learning and behaviour in children, particularly girls, according to new research.
The study, published today in 'Research in Developmental Disabilities' by researchers from Monash...
Infant sleep problems have no lasting impact
Parents of infants with sleep problems can be reassured that the problems are unlikely to persist and will not have long term effects on their child's behaviour or mental health, a Murdoch Childrens Research...
Children with disabilities more likely to experience violence
Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to experience violence than non-disabled children, according to a review commissioned by WHO and published today in the medical journal The Lancet.
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Lower iron levels seen in newborns of obese mothers
A growing number of studies imply that children born to obese mothers face health problems stemming from the womb. New research from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts...
