News tagged with gifted child

New study reveals: Gifted children shape their personalities according to social stigma

Gifted youths already know what they want to be when they grow up. They usually choose to study applied sciences, but when they are asked why they made their choices, they are not able to explain.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 1




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New study confirms that mom's love good for child's brain

School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning, memory and response to stress.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Taking moments to enjoy life helps patients make better health decisions

The experience of daily positive affect -- a mild, happy feeling -- and self-affirmation helps some patients with chronic diseases, including coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and asthma, make better decisions ...

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created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain strain: Christmas shopping when money tight

(AP) -- Chennel King, a nurse from Norwalk, Conn., went Christmas shopping the other day with a new holiday companion: a budget.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers urge caution when buying noisy toys

While Road Rippers Lightning Rods, Let's Rock Elmo and the I Am T-Pain musical microphone might be sought-after gifts this holiday season, parents should ensure that their children don't risk permanent hearing damage by misusing ...

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created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Holiday gift guide: Choosing safe toys for children

(Medical Xpress) -- More than 180,000 children were treated in U.S. emergency rooms for toy-related injuries last year. Here, two UNC Health Care experts offer toy-safety tips for the kids in your life.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Teaching machines to recognize shapes

As any parent knows, teaching a toddler to recognize objects involves trial-and-error. A child, for example, may not initially recognize a cow in a picture-book after seeing the live animal on a farm and being ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Parents have nothing to fear from fast-tracking kids

A major national study has found that parents and teachers of gifted children are generally supportive of academic acceleration but continue to have concerns about the emotional impact of fast-tracking education.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

This holiday season, the tablet goes mainstream

'Tis the season of the tablet. Despite the gloomy economy, shoppers are expected to shell out for tablet computers this December, making them about as popular as candy canes and twinkling lights.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The trouble with the media Cloud: If we can have everything, does it mean anything?

Why did they call it "The Cloud"? Couldn't they have chosen a better metaphor? Clouds burst. Clouds darken. Clouds disappear.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discover ancient depiction of childbirth at Etruscan site in Tuscany

An archaeological excavation at Poggio Colla, the site of a 2,700-year-old Etruscan settlement in Italy's Mugello Valley, has turned up a surprising and unique find: two images of a woman giving birth to a ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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