News tagged with infants
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Math ability is inborn
We accept that some people are born with a talent for music or art or athletics. But what about mathematics? Do some of us just arrive in the world with better math skills than others?
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Genetically modified cows may one day produce human breast milk
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in China led by Ning Li, the director of the State Key Laboratories for AgroBiotechnology at the China Agricultural University, have created cow milk similar to human breast milk ...
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Are you out of touch with reality? Baby can tell
Very young children -- even infants -- can realize that other people see the world differently than they do, a new study suggests. And, they seem to make this realization automatically, without deliberate ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 27, 2010 |
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More than 600,000 people killed by 2nd-hand smoke
(AP) -- Secondhand smoke kills more than 600,000 people worldwide every year, according to a new study.
Nov 26, 2010 |
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Study shows newborns learn while asleep
(PhysOrg.com) -- Newborn infants can sleep as much as 18 hours a day. But contrary to popular belief, babies aren't just blissfully dozing in between feedings.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Two genes do not make a voter: new research
Voting behavior cannot be predicted by one or two genes as previous researchers have claimed, according to Evan Charney, a Duke University professor of public policy and political science.
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Toddlers know when the tally is right: study
Parents keen on giving their child a jump on the competition can teach the rudiments of counting even before a toddler can talk, according to a study published Wednesday.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Researchers design new handle to make lifting infant car seats safer, easier
Engineers at North Carolina State University have developed a new handle for infant car seats (ICSs) that makes it easier for parents to lift the seat out of a car – while retaining a firmer grip on the ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Dosing schedule of pneumococcal vaccine linked with increased risk of getting multiresistant strain
Infants who received heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV-7) at 2, 4, and 11 months were more likely than unvaccinated controls to have nasopharyngeal (in the nasal passages and upper part of the throat behind ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Japanese infants hear foreign words by 14 months, research shows
A new study on Japanese and French infants by researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (Japan) and their collaborators has provided first-ever clues on the development of mechanisms governing how people perceive the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Infants raised in bilingual environments can distinguish unfamiliar languages: research
Infants raised in households where Spanish and Catalan are spoken can discriminate between English and French just by watching people speak, even though they have never been exposed to these new languages before, according ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Integrative medicine: Colic in babies appears to be a bad gut feeling
If you've ever had a colicky baby or you know someone who has, you know how distressing it can be. Colic affects up to 28 percent of newborns and is one of the most vexing problems parents and pediatricians face in the ...
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Panel: Gramps, get whooping cough shot
(AP) -- A federal advisory panel is recommending that people 65 and older who are around infants get vaccinated against whooping cough.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 27, 2010 |
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Infants ascribe social dominance to larger individuals
Psychologists at Harvard University have found that infants less than one year old understand social dominance and use relative size to predict who will prevail when two individuals' goals conflict. The finding is presented ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Infants' peripheral vision blurry
Our eyes are windows to the world, but what is the visual experience of infants? We know that infant vision tends to be blurrier than adults'. Now researchers from UC Davis, UC Berkeley and Stanford University have discovered ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2010 |
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