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A child (plural: children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. "Child" may also describe a relationship with a parent or authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child of nature" or "a child of the Sixties."

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Children who are spanked have lower IQs, new research finds

Children who are spanked have lower IQs, new research finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (42) | comments 70

Children who are spanked have lower IQs worldwide, including in the United States, according to new groundbreaking research by University of New Hampshire professor Murray Straus. The research results will ...


Why a short run is better than a long walk

Why a short run is better than a long walk

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the latest technology, researchers are uncovering evidence of exactly how major a role activity plays in the battle to keep obesity at bay. In new report published in the British Me ...


A woman dials a cell phone in her car

WHO study suggests link between cell phones and tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- Preliminary results of an International investigation by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggest there may be a "significantly increased risk" of some types of brain tumors after use of ...


Out of darkness, sight: How the brain learns to see

Out of darkness, sight: How the brain learns to see

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cases of restored vision after a lifetime of blindness, though exceedingly rare, provide a unique opportunity to address several fundamental questions regarding brain function. After being ...


Children are searching online for videos, social networks, games and, yes, porn as they grow up in an Internet Age

Sex, videos, friends, games hot with kids online: Norton

Technology / Internet

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (18) | comments 8

Children are searching online for videos, social networks, games and, yes, porn as they grow up in an Internet Age, according to computer security firm Symantec.


Turn On, Tune In, Develop?

Turn On, Tune In, Develop? Researchers Examine How Brain Benefits From Musical Training

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 4

For most people music is an enjoyable, although momentary, form of entertainment. But for those who seriously practiced a musical instrument when they were young, perhaps when they played in a school orchestra ...


New brain findings on dyslexic children

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The vast majority of school-aged children can focus on the voice of a teacher amid the cacophony of the typical classroom thanks to a brain that automatically focuses on relevant, predictable and repeating auditory information, ...


Do your children push the boundaries? It may be a sign of future leadership abilities study shows

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Children whose parents use a firm parenting style that still allows them to test the rules and learn from it are more likely to assume leadership roles as adults according to a new study published in a recent edition of The ...


OrbiTouch: Removing the barriers of autism

OrbiTouch keyboard: Removing the barriers of autism

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Autism can build a wall of poor communication between those struggling with the condition and their families. While a personal computer can help bridge the divide, the distraction and complexity of a keyboard ...


Research indicates toddlers can become ageists by three

Research indicates toddlers can become ageists by three

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes inspiration comes from the strangest of places. For Sheree Kwong See, it happened during a testing session with a subject while conducting a study on language and cognitive changes ...


Lies my parents told me: New study shows parents use deception to influence their children

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parents say that honesty is the best policy, but they regularly lie to their children as a way of influencing their behaviour and emotions, finds new research from the University of Toronto and the University ...


Modernization Affects Children's Cognitive Development

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Childhood is changing rapidly around the world, and the forces of modernization have a significant impact on shaping the intellectual development of children, researchers at the University of California, ...


The pen may be mightier than the keyboard

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to writing the pen apparently is mightier than the computer keyboard. Second, fourth and sixth grade children with and without handwriting disabilities were able to write more and faster when ...


Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Holidays and tables full of delicious food usually go hand in hand, but for nearly half of the children in the United States, this is not guaranteed.


Children who often drink full-fat milk weigh less

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Eight-year-old children who drink full-fat milk every day have a lower BMI than those who seldom drink milk. This is not the case for children who often drink medium-fat or low-fat milk. This is one conclusion of a thesis ...