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• Mapping the unborn baby’s brain in 3D

  
  Shrink Rap — Authority: 138
  Amazing, watch a mother to be have a MR scan of her baby. Link to read more about this new brain study at London’s Hammersmith Hospital. Using the scans doctors say they expect better diagnoses of brain disorders, including malformations, growth problems or injuries that can lead to cerebral palsy and sometimes ...
  17 hours ago

• Molecular brakes that affect brain plasticity identified

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): Even brain needs a set of molecular brakes that stabilize its circuitry during development, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.In fact, the researchers also found that experimentally removing those brakes in mice enhanced the animals’ performance in a ...
  3 days ago

• Meet Jess the 3 Year Old Sleepwalker

  
  SLEEP Online Magazine - The SLEEP Blog - All about SLEEP, SLEEPING, and SLEEPINESS — Authority: 129
  Sleepwalking is normally expected from adults but for a 3 year old? Well she is from Britain and she has been the subject of a documentary. This sleepwalking problem has been plaguing the family for 2 years and Jess has been living a practical double life. During the day she is like any jolly little girl but at night ...
  4 days ago

• How technology is altering our brains

  
  Shrink Rap — Authority: 138
  Most of us in the developed world now have relationships with computers – and access to information and entertainment – that we could not have dreamed about even a decade or so ago. We spend our days sifting emails and browsing the internet, then relax by tweeting or networking online and playing computer games, ...
  6 days ago

• Continued Coverage of Juvenile Sentencing Reform

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 529
  Adam Liptaks latest Sidebar column is, " Standards for Juvenile Punishment ."  Its available at the New York Times website and is scheduled for tomorrows print edition.  An extended excerpt: The law is made up of rules and standards. Here is an example of a rule, established by the Supreme Court in Roper v. ...
  1 week ago

• Prenatal phthalate exposure de-masculinizes boys’ play?

  
  iHealthBulletin News — Authority: 135
  URMC.Rochester.edu - A study of 145 preschool children reports, for the first time, that when the concentrations of two common phthalates in mothers’ prenatal urine are elevated their sons are less likely to play with male-typical toys and games, such as trucks and play fighting.The study by the University of ...
  1 week ago

• Another Call for Juvenile Sentencing Reform

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 529
  Toadays Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania carries the editorial, " Chance for change: Life sentence removes hope for juvenile reform ." The question before the U.S. Supreme Court is: Do we believe juveniles sentenced to life in prison can reform? Last week, the justices faced this question in a case ...
  1 week ago

• Australia: Call to lift legal drinking age above 18 and save lives

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,26373798-3102,00.html?from=public_rss Anna Caldwell THERE were calls to lift the legal drinking age above 18 yesterday under plans for an Australia-wide crackdown on booze-fuelled crime. The legislative change could save thousands of lives, according to ...
  1 week ago

• Another Call for Juvenile Sentencing Reform

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 529
  Todays Silicon Valley Mercury News carries the editorial, " For kids, life in prison without parole is cruel and unusual punishment ." FiveSan Jose teenagers sit in jail today, facing the possibility that theywill spend the rest of their lives behind bars. Two were charged asadults Tuesday in the stabbing death ...
  1 week ago

• Are Teenagers Wired Differently Than Adults?

  
  Shrink Rap — Authority: 138
  From discovering how to help teens to grow up (in the previous post) we move on to find out more about teenagers brains. Parents have long suspected that the brains of their teenagers function differently than those of adults. With the advent of magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, we have begun to appreciate how [...]
  1 week ago

• The Brain Can Change Itself: Evidence From Impossible Phantom Limb Movements

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Ingenious Monkey> O ur capacity to sense the whereabouts and movements of our limbs, even when we cannot see them, is a fundamental ability of the brain. This self-awareness in regards to the body - which is often referred to as "body schema" or "body image" - is considered to be partly innate, but also ...
  1 week ago

• Continued Commentary on Juvenile Sentencing Cases

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 529
  Over the weekend there was a great deal of commentary -- editorials, OpEds, and column -- on the need for juvenile sentencing reform.  Because of the sheer volume, Im going to limit excerpts, but those interested in the issues raised in Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida should visit all the links. Ill ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chemicals used in plastics ‘feminise’ brains of baby boys

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 16 (ANI): Boys who are exposed to high doses of chemicals used in plastics in the womb are less likely to play with ‘male’ toys such as cars, a new study has shown.The University of Rochester Medical Center-led study of 145 preschool children showed, for the first time, that when the concentrations ...
  2 weeks ago

• Continued Support of Juvenile Sentencing Reform

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 529
  Todays Nashua Telegraph in New Hampshire carries the editorial, " Life with no parole too severe for teens ." Of the 111 juveniles serving suchsentences in the nation, 77 are doing their time in Florida prisons. Inall, 2,570 juveniles are serving life-without-parole sentences in theUnited States, the vast majority ...
  2 weeks ago

• Nutrition and Brain Development

  
  Health and Medic — Authority: 147
  Many people don’t understand how important nutrition is to their brain. And, when they don’t get the nutrition their brain needs to think intelligently, it doesn’t help them to understand this simple concept – good nutrition feeds your brain! After all, your brain is part of your body and it’s well ...
  2 weeks ago

• Recognition for a Leader in Adolescent Developmental Studies

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 529
  If I had a Good Timing category, this would be filed there.  Temple University has issued a news release, " Psychology professor honored for exceptional scientific achievement impacting the lives of young people ."  Dr. Laurence Steinberg acted as scientific consultant on the amicus curiae brief submitted by the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Got brains?

  
  Just A Moment Of Miscellany — Authority: 130
  There’s a theory, which I believe to be true, about the development of the human brain. This theory stipulates there are two distinct paths of development, that is, one for females and another for males. First the explanation of the male brain because it has the simplest growth gradient. Basically, male babies ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fish Oil For Children – How to Select The Safest and Most Effective Supplement

  
  Health 2 u — Authority: 131
  There is no doubt that fish oil for children can improve their development significantly and hence they have been nicknamed “smart pills” by the press. To get the maximum benefits for your kids, you need to know what to look for in an oil to make sure it’s safe and as natural as possible. They have been shown ...
  3 weeks ago

• Baby Einstein Revisited

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 539
  The controversy over educational programming for very young children may have reached a crescendo when the Walt Disney Company decided to refund products they had been advertising as brain boosters. According to some, the acknowledgment that the videos do not promote better brain development among young children ...
  3 weeks ago

• Featured Article: Can Physical Education Make You Smarter?

  
  Peaceful Playgrounds — Authority: 125
  For some time, researchers have known that exercise changes the structure of the brain, resulting in improvements in concentration, fidgeting and creates new brain cells. The body-mind link is well documented. But current thinking and actions (like eliminating recess and physical education) leads me to question ...
  4 weeks ago

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