News tagged with mental skills
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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Parental mental illness: How are children and adults affected?
A University of Western Sydney study will investigate the experiences of adults whose parents suffered mental illness during their childhood.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 13, 2011 |
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Staring, sleepiness, other mental lapses more likely in patients with Alzheimer's
Cognitive fluctuations, or episodes when train of thought temporarily is lost, are more likely to occur in older persons who are developing Alzheimer's disease than in their healthy peers, according to scientists ...
Jan 18, 2010 |
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Turn On, Tune In, Develop? Researchers Examine How Brain Benefits From Musical Training
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 ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Skills tests like 'connect the dots' may be early Alzheimer's indicator
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of mental decline in the years prior to diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease suggests that changing the focus of testing may help physicians detect signs of the disease much earlier. School of Medicine ...
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Study suggests Buddhist deity meditation temporarily augments visuospatial abilities
Meditation has been practiced for centuries, as a way to calm the soul and bring about inner peace. According to a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, there is now ev ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 27, 2009 |
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