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·March 28, 2023·3 min read

Human Aging Is the End-Product of Our Developmental Program

A new study reports aging may not be a result of accumulative damage to the body, but instead is the result of "design" flaws in our DNA that orchestrates the development of single cells into an adult organism.

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·March 28, 2023·7 min read

Using Virtual Reality to Investigate Autism’s Neural Network Dynamics

Combining novel virtual reality imaging with machine learning, researchers were able to accurately detect mouse models of ASD compared to wild-type mice based on cortical functional network dynamics while the animal was in motion.

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·March 27, 2023·5 min read

How Parents’ Personalities Shape Children’s Lives

Study reveals how a parent's personality type can influence and shape the lives of their children, for better or worse.

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·March 27, 2023·3 min read

Childhood Trauma Leaves Lasting Mental Scars on Women and Men Differently

Child abuse and neglect affect men and women differently, a new study reports. Women are more affected by childhood emotional trauma and sexual abuse, whereas men are more affected by childhood physical and emotional neglect.

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·March 26, 2023·3 min read

The More Traumatic the Childhood, the Angrier the Adult

Children who experience adversity and trauma have a higher risk of developing depression and anxiety as adults. In turn, trauma-based anxiety and depression can increase anger. The worse the trauma children experience, the angrier they become as adults.

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·March 24, 2023·5 min read

Hidden Danger: Parental Guilt and Depression During Child’s Infancy can Impact Adolescent Emotional Development

When a parent experiences guilt as a symptom of depression while their child is an infant, it can trigger depression in the other parent and ultimately impact the child's emotional development.

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·March 23, 2023·11 min read

Autism Rates Continue to Rise in California

1 in 22 children in California is diagnosed with autism, a new study reports. The number is higher than previous estimates in December which stated 1 in 44 children were on the autism spectrum. Earlier diagnosis and extensive early services may account for the higher number of children diagnosed with ASD in California.

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·March 22, 2023·2 min read

Are There Sex-Based Differences in Brain Development During Early Childhood?

Researchers found sex differences and developmental changes in the brain's white matter in infants and five-year-old children.

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·March 21, 2023·5 min read

Strong Child-Parent Relationships Lead to Better Long-Term Health Outcomes in Young Adults

Children and adolescents who report having a strong relationship with their parents have better long-term health outcomes, a new study reports.

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·March 21, 2023·3 min read

Newborn Babies’ Brains Reveal New Insights in Child Development

Researchers found the presence of numerous brain asymmetries in brain areas associated with language and visual tasks like facial recognition in newborns. They also discovered the asymmetries in preterm babies were the same as in those born to term. The findings suggest brain asymmetry may be hard-wired and critical for later brain development.

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·March 20, 2023·4 min read

Changing One’s Behavior in Different Social Interactions Is Child’s Play

Young children encode social cues according to context, then process the social stimuli to form a representation of the current social situation. Once the action values are compared, children then chose to perform the optimal action that has the highest value.

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·March 20, 2023·4 min read

Excess Calories During Development May Alter the Brain and Spur Adult Overeating

Early overnutrition rewires brain development to crave unhealthy food and increases the risk for obesity late in life in children born to mothers who were overweight during pregnancy.