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·August 27, 2022·4 min read

Nature via Nurture: How Parents’ Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills Influence Their Children’s Education

Parents' genes linked to both cognitive and non-cognitive skills affect their child's educational outcomes, a new study reports.

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·August 24, 2022·7 min read

Psychotic Symptoms in Children May Have a Genetic Cause

Findings implicate copy number variants (CNVs) in the development of childhood psychosis. Researchers recommend chromosomal array testing for children with psychosis.

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·August 23, 2022·4 min read

Gene Therapy for Completely Color Blind Children Partly Restores Cone Function

Researchers partially restored the function of cone receptors in the retinas of children born completely blind by using gene therapy.

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·August 23, 2022·5 min read

Caffeine Metabolite May Slow Progression of Short-Sight In Children

7-MX, a caffeine metabolite, may help to slow the progression of myopia or short-sightedness in children.

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·August 22, 2022·4 min read

Brains Cells Born Together Wire and Fire Together for Life

Neurons that were "born" at the same time show distinct connectivity and activity throughout the life of an animal.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·August 22, 2022·4 min read

Eye Test Could Screen Children for Autism

Measuring the pupillary light reflex could be used to screen for ASD in children, a new study reports.

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·August 18, 2022·4 min read

Touch and Sight Are Linked Before Birth

During the embryonic stage, tactile information simultaneously activated the tactile and visual neural pathways. After birth, the pathways separate and reorganize to allow for individual processing of visual and tactile information.

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·August 18, 2022·6 min read

Differences in Genetic Influences Among People All Along the Autism Spectrum

A series of new studies investigate how genetics affect the development and symptoms of autism.

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·August 17, 2022·4 min read

Preschoolers With Larger Vocabulary Before They Begin Education, Perform Better in Class

Pre-school-aged children with better vocabulary and attention skills before they begin school are more likely to perform better in an educational setting than their peers with less well-developed vocabulary and attention skills.

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·August 16, 2022·3 min read

‘Cheat Meals’ Linked to Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults

Young people who consume "cheat meals", or meals that break a normal diet as a treat, are more likely to suffer from eating disorders, a new study reports.