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Just seeing reminders of coffee can stimulate the brain
Just looking at something that reminds us of coffee can cause our minds to become more alert and attentive, according
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Simple directions from parents can guide children’s discovery
Whether it’s probing a child’s understanding of a topic through questions or engaging in hands-on activities alongside them, parents can
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Young people at risk of addiction have differences in key brain region
Young adults at risk of developing problems with addiction show key differences in an important region of the brain, according
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Is our personality affected by the way we look? (Or the way we think we look?): Research team at the University of Göttingen disproves previous assumptions
To what extent is our personality an adaptation to our appearance or even our physique? A team of scien-tists at
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Maternal depression and natural disaster-related stress may affect infants’ temperament
A new Infant Mental Health Journal study demonstrates that prenatal maternal depression has important consequences for infant temperament. Furthermore, the
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Mice sleeping fitfully provide clues to insomnia: Genetically engineered mice mimic common sleep problems
Mice that sleep fitfully could help researchers unravel the mystery of insomnia. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in
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Parents learn, babies talk: How coaching moms and dads improves infants’ language skills
When it comes to helping infants learn to talk, it’s not just how much parents say, but how they say
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Parents shouldn’t worry if their infant doesn’t sleep through the night by a year old: Study of close to 400 infants found no association between interrupted sleep and later developmental problems
New parents often expect their baby to start sleeping through the night by around six months of age. Indeed, they
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To see what’s right in front of you, your brain may need some rewiring
Life-changing moments are also brain-changing moments: everything from a first kiss to a last goodbye modifies cells within the skull.
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