News tagged with urban children

Animals talk, sing and act like humans?

How do children reason about the natural world? How do they understand the relation between human and non-human animals?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 10, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Kids understand the relationship between humans and other animals

Parents, educators and developmental psychologists have long been interested in how children understand the relationship between human and non-human animals. For decades, the consensus was that as children begin reasoning ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 17, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Children's cognitive ability can be affected by mother's exposure to urban air pollutants

A study by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) carried out in Krakow, Poland has found that prenatal exposure to pollutants can adversely affect children's cognitive development at age 5, confirming ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0