News tagged with learning difficulties
Brain-fitness companies applying neuroscience to make safer drivers
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Young drivers cause accidents mainly through carelessness, distraction and inexperience. Older drivers face a challenge: brains that work at slower processing speeds -- a critical disadvantage when navigating the unpredictable ...
Robot brings hope to kids with learning difficulties
Mar 20, 2009 |
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A robot named Cosmo has become six-year-old Kevin Fitzgerald's unlikely ally in his uphill everyday battle with developmental difficulties.
Extremely premature children at high risk of learning difficulties by age 11
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Children born extremely prematurely are at high risk of developing learning difficulties by the time they reach the age of 11.
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Pre-school age exercises can prevent dyslexia
Aug 27, 2008 |
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A typical characteristics of children's linguistic development are early signs of the risk of developing reading and writing disabilities, or dyslexia. New research points to preventive exercises as an effective means to ...
Genetic changes involved in learning disability identified
Jun 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first comprehensive effort to pinpoint the genetic causes of learning disability has narrowed down the genes involved from a potential list of thousands to several dozen key genes.
Study links excessive TV watching with learning problems in young people
May 09, 2007 |
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Teens who watch three or more hours a day are at higher risk of developing attention problems and learning difficulties as they mature, according to a study by Jeffrey G. Johnson, Ph.D., Columbia University College of Physicians ...
ADHD labelling of kids can mask other problems: study
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Labelling children with learning and behavioural difficulties can be detrimental to the children in question as well as their teachers, research by a QUT graduate has found.
Psychological impact found in adolescents with kidney transplants
Feb 05, 2009 |
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A new study describes the psychological profile of adolescents who have received kidney transplants and compares them to those of healthy peers. The findings reveal a significantly higher prevalence of psychiatric conditions ...
Psychologist to study how we put stress into words
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 06, 2006 |
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How does a child learn that the stress is on the second syllable of giraffe, and on the first of zebra? Is it memory, the structure of the word itself or clues provided by the sounds in the word?
Why learning to talk can be difficult
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Nov 06, 2006 |
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Problems in learning to talk are fairly common in young children. Sometimes these difficulties are a consequence of a known disease or of hearing loss, but usually there is no obvious explanation.
New study may revolutionize language learning
Jan 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The teaching of languages could be revolutionised following ground-breaking research by Victoria University, New Zealand, PhD graduate Paul Sulzberger. Dr Sulzberger has found that the best way to learn a ...
Reading Tests that 'Misread' Some Children
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2007 |
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Screening tests widely used to identify children with reading problems are being misapplied, landing students in the wrong instructional level and delaying treatment for their true difficulties, says new research ...
Children with newly diagnosed epilepsy at risk for cognitive problems
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Children who have normal IQs before they experience a first seizure may also have problems with language, memory, learning and other cognitive skills, according to a study published in the August 12, 2009, online issue of ...
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