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Modernization Affects Children's Cognitive Development
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(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, ...
Does modernization affect children's cognitive development?
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Nov 13, 2009 |
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Societal and technological changes have taken place at a dizzying pace over recent decades. A new cross-cultural study aimed to determine whether these dramatic changes have had an effect on the thinking skills that are learned ...
Commercialization of new solar technology to boost solar efficiency
Nov 09, 2009 |
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A pioneer in solar power in the 1990s before it became "sexy," University of Houston Professor Alex Freundlich recently entered into a collaborative research agreement with U.K.-based start-up QuantaSol for the development ...
All work and no play makes for troubling trend in early education
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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Parents and educators who favor traditional classroom-style learning over free, unstructured playtime in preschool and kindergarten may actually be stunting a child's development instead of enhancing it, according ...
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New gene discovered for new form of intellectual disability
Apr 24, 2008 |
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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has discovered a new form of intellectual disability involving mental retardation (MR) along with the eye defect retinitis pigmentosa (RP). CAMH also discovered the previously ...
Early-life nutrition may be associated with adult intellectual functioning
Jul 07, 2008 |
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Adults who had improved nutrition in early childhood may score better on intellectual tests, regardless of the number of years they attended school, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Me ...
Gene identified as cause of some forms of intellectual disability
Dec 15, 2009 |
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A gene involved in some forms of intellectual disability has been identified by scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), as published this month in The American Journal of Human Genetics. The gene i ...
Microsoft suspends Juku, admits code copying by vendor
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Microsoft on Tuesday indefinitely suspended MSN Juku, its new microblogging service in China, after its Chinese vendor was caught lifting code from a rival Canadian startup, Plurk.
Science publishers offer journals for free to poorest countries
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Science and technology journal publishers have agreed to offer free access to their journals to academics in the world's poorest countries, the World Intellectual Property Organization said Thursday.
Genetic marker linked to problem behaviors in adults with developmental disabilities
Jul 21, 2009 |
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A common variation of the gene involved in regulating serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain may be linked to problem behaviors in adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities, new research indicates.
Epidemiologic study links low maternal education to intellectual disabilities in offspring
Mar 05, 2008 |
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By applying a public health approach, researchers at three universities have discovered a key indicator for increased risk of mental retardation in the general population. The study assessed population-level risk factors ...
Scientists achieve major genetics breakthrough
Jan 31, 2008 |
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University of Adelaide geneticist Dr Jozef Gecz and a team of Belgium and UK scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in discovering the causes of intellectual disability.
Amazon files patent suit against Discovery
May 19, 2009 |
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US online retail giant Amazon has filed a lawsuit against Discovery Communications alleging it infringed four of Amazon's e-commerce patents, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Microsoft, China's Hangzhou set 'model city' pact
May 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. announced a partnership aimed at helping make the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou a model for innovation and protection of intellectual property, in the company's latest attempt to ...
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