News tagged with emotional maturity

While adolescents may reason as well as adults, their emotional maturity lags, says new research

A 16-year-old might be quite capable of making an informed decision about whether to end a pregnancy - a decision likely to be made after due consideration and consultation with an adult - but this same adolescent may not ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 4




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Facebook CEO turns 28, IPO could be $100B gift

(AP) -- Don't let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zuckerberg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO.

Technology / Business

created May 13, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Studies touting China's treatments for Internet overuse may lack validity

(Phys.org) -- Excessive Internet usage has been linked to an array of problems, from structural changes in the brain to depression, poor social skills, violent outbursts and sexual promiscuity. In China, concerns ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Zuckerberg's focus drives Facebook's ascent

When Mark Zuckerberg showed up to rent Judy Fusco's Los Altos, Calif., house in the fall of 2004, soon after he'd arrived in Silicon Valley, the landlord was immediately struck by his confidence.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Parents have nothing to fear from fast-tracking kids

A major national study has found that parents and teachers of gifted children are generally supportive of academic acceleration but continue to have concerns about the emotional impact of fast-tracking education.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The short goodbye: Weaning foals

It is widely believed that being born is about the most stressful thing that can happen to anybody. But being weaned cannot be too far behind it in the list of traumatic experiences. Most humans come to terms with it eventually ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neutrons provide first sub-nanoscale snapshots of Huntington's disease protein

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee have for the first time successfully characterized the earliest structural formation of the disease type ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The secret lives of boys

Harvard alumna Niobe Way sharpened the debate around the emotional capacities of boys and girls with an intimate look at teen relationships during a Harvard discussion on April 14.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Treating newborn horses: A unique form of pediatrics

Like any other newborn, the neonatal horse can be a challenging patient. Its immune system is still under construction, its blood chemistry can vary wildly, and – like most infants – it wants to ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brain scientists offer medical educators tips on the neurobiology of learning

Everyone would like MDs to have the best education – and to absorb what they are taught. The lead article in the April 4 issue of the journal Academic Medicine* connects research on how the brain learns to how to inc ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

AIDS tests come to South Africa's schools

A tiny prick made a drop of blood on Nkosi Minenhle's finger, as the 15-year-old underwent an HIV test in a mobile clinic set up on her high school grounds.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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