Clarkson is a University of Virginia Ph.D. candidate in environmental sciences who is conducting a comparative study of bird populations on Virginia's Eastern…
The researchers who developed this framework contend that these four types of events share a precursory development pattern — a specific change of scale in…
While a number of factors are associated with an increased rate of preterm birth, such as low body-mass index, alcohol consumption and smoking, the study adds…
A recent TNS NIPO survey, on behalf of the Dutch Association of Urology (NVU) and the European Association of Urology (EAU), showed that almost four out of 10…
The study, published online Sept. 15 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, raises vexing questions about the effectiveness of campaigns designed to improve…
It is well known that exposure to radiation has multiple harmful effects – including causing cancer – but until now, it has been unclear to what extent such…
“Parents and clinicians already know that the behavioral signs of ASD wax and wane throughout development,” notes Elizabeth Pellicano, senior lecturer of…
Those are the findings of a new study that appears in the September/October 2010 issue of Child Development.”If early childhood education is to level the…
The findings, published today online in the British Medical Journal, could have important implications for determining which men should be screened after the…
New research findings from the Université de Montréal reveals that children as young as four are able to understand and use irony. This study, published…
Repairing small, seemingly benign holes in a child's heart may be more clinically important than previously thought, as dysfunction could be lurking out of…
A set of studies released in this month's special issue of The Elementary School Journal reveals the powerful effect that the coaching of teachers can have on…
In the study, CU-Boulder psychology Professor Yuko Munakata and her research colleagues found that “neural inhibition,” a process that occurs when one nerve…
A new look at tests of mental aging reveals a good news-bad news situation. The bad news is all mental abilities appear to decline with age, to varying…
A new article in Family Relations tests “the added worker” theory, which suggests wives who are not working may seek work as a substitute for husband's labor…
A new study led by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center has identified a novel molecular pathway underlying Parkinson's disease and points to…
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