News tagged with language skills
Study examines role of bilingualism in children's development
A new study on children who are raised bilingual examined the effects on children's development of growing up speaking two languages. The study found that different factors were responsible for the language- and non-language-related ...
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Feb 08, 2012 |
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Insulin resistance linked to brain health in elderly
New research from Uppsala University shows that reduced insulin sensitivity is linked to smaller brain size and deteriorated language skills in seniors. The findings are now published in the scientific journal Diabetes Ca ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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How moms talk influences children's perspective-taking ability
Young children whose mothers talk with them more frequently and in more detail about people's thoughts and feelings tend to be better at taking another's perspective than other children of the same age.
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Dec 22, 2011 |
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Magnetic treatment improves stroke patients' ability to communicate
(Medical Xpress) -- Magnetic stimulation of the brain could help improve language skills of stroke survivors with aphasia, according to research by The University of Queensland.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Learning spatial terms improves children's spatial skills
Preschool children who hear their parents describe the size and shape of objects and then use those words themselves perform better on tests of their spatial skills, researchers at the University of Chicago ...
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Nov 09, 2011 |
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Preschoolers' language skills improve more when they're placed with more-skilled peers
Preschool children with relatively poor language skills improve more if they are placed in classrooms with high-achieving students, a new study found.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Study shows significant language progress after two cochlear implants
(Medical Xpress) -- An ongoing study of 45 deaf children who had two cochlear implants finds that their language skills are within the normal range. Cochlear implants replace the eardrum by delivering an electric signal from ...
Oct 25, 2011 |
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iPad research promising for children with cortical visual impairment
(Medical Xpress) -- A researcher at the University of Kansas believes the iPad could vastly improve the lives and prospects of children living with cortical visual impairment, a severe neurological disorder ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Early use of non-parental childcare is not harmful for most children
What type of childcare arrangements do parents choose before their children are 18 months old? Does the choice of childcare affect children's language skills and mental health at the age of five?
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Improving cancer communication to patients
Oncologists and their patients are increasingly challenged with making difficult decisions about screening, prevention and treatment. Unfortunately, most patients are neither armed with adequate knowledge nor the means of ...
Sep 19, 2011 |
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TV found to have negative impact on parent-child communication and literacy
Since the first television screens lit up our living rooms scientists have been studying its affect on young children. Now scientists in Ohio have compared mother-child communication while watching TV to reading books or ...
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Class in session: Upper middle class preschoolers silence less fortunate peers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Preschool upper middle class children tend to ask for help and argue their points effectively -- sometimes to the detriment of their classmates from working class families.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Early experience found critical for language development
We know that poor social and physical environments can harm young children's cognitive and behavioral development, and that development often improves in better environments. Now a new study of children living in institutions ...
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Teachers need greater awareness of language disorders
Greater awareness of 'specific language impairment' (SLI), a language disorder, is needed to ensure better outcomes for the 3-6 per cent of UK school children affected by this disability. Children with SLI have difficulties ...
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May 19, 2011 |
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Why does brain development diverge from normal in autism spectrum disorders?
Rett syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder on the autism spectrum, is marked by relatively normal development in infancy followed by a loss of loss of cognitive, social and language skills starting at 12 to 18 months of ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 13, 2011 |
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