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·September 24, 2022·3 min read

Meet Orbit, the Interactive Robot That Looks to Help Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Develop Social Skills

Orbit, an interactive robot, helps teach children on the autism spectrum to develop social appropriateness and emotion via storytelling, physical interaction, and visual communication.

This shows smoke stacks overlayed with a child's eyes

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·September 23, 2022·3 min read

An Association Between Exposure to Air Pollution in the First 5 Years of Life and Alterations in Brain Structure

Assessing a child's exposure to air pollution on a monthly basis from conception to the age of 8.5, researchers found the greater the exposure to air pollution before the age of 5, the greater the alteration in brain structure by preadolescence.

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·September 22, 2022·4 min read

A New Understanding of the Neurobiology of Impulsivity

A new genetically based scoring model can accurately detect children most at risk of developing impulsive behaviors.

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·September 22, 2022·5 min read

First Direct Evidence That Babies React to Taste and Smell in the Womb

Using ultrasound, researchers captured the facial expressions of developing fetuses in response to the taste of foods their mothers were eating. When exposed to carrots, the fetuses displayed "laughter-face" expressions, and "crying-face" expressions when exposed to kale. The findings shed new light on the development of human taste and olfactory receptors.

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·September 21, 2022·8 min read

Rare Human Gene Variant in ADHD, Autism Exposes Fundamental Sex Differences

Female mice show effects of the DAT mutation in brain regions unaffected in males, and vice versa. The findings reveal surprising differences in dopamine synapses between males and females controlling attention, pleasure, and motivation

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·September 20, 2022·4 min read

How the Brain Develops: A New Way to Shed Light on Cognition

A new computational neuroscience study sheds light on how the brain's cognitive abilities develop and could help shape new AI research.

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·September 20, 2022·4 min read

How Can Infants Learn About Sounds in Their Native Language?

Researchers investigate how infants learn the speech contrasts of their native languages, identifying the necessary signals are presented in naturalistic speech.

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·September 19, 2022·4 min read

Teen Alcohol Misuse Is a Driver of Poorer Health and Dissatisfaction in Midlife

Teenagers with problematic alcohol use are more likely to experience poorer health and worse life satisfaction during their mid-thirties.

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·September 19, 2022·3 min read

Multitude of Stressful Events in 2020 May Have Harmed Social Development of Young Adults

The stressful events of 2020 may have harmed the social development of young people at a crucial point in their lives, a new study reports.

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·September 19, 2022·5 min read

2 in 3 Parents Say Their Child Is Self-Conscious About Their Appearance

1 in 3 parents say their children have been treated unkindly due to their appearance, and 1 in 5 parents say their children avoid certain activities based upon insecurities about their appearance.