A team led by a psychiatrist at the University of California, Riverside, has tested the orally administered investigational medication ecopipam
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Wiggling it beats a path for a better performance at school
Marching, wiggling and tapping a beat aids young children to develop their self-regulation skills and improve school readiness, as shown
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A student’s disability status depends on where they go to school
A new Portland State University study suggests that the likelihood of a child being classified with an educational disability depends
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New chemical probe for visualizing brain immune cells
Researchers in South Korea and Singapore have, for the first time, developed a chemical probe that enables live-imaging of a
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When it comes to learning, what’s better: The carrot or the stick?
Does the potential to win or lose money influence the confidence one has in one’s own decisions? Does either of
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Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks: NIH study suggests our brains may use short rest periods to strengthen memories
In a study of healthy volunteers, National Institutes of Health researchers found that our brains may solidify the memories of
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Maternal diet during pregnancy may modulate the risk of ADHD symptoms in children: Association found between omega-6:omega-3 ratio in the umbilical cord and the appearance of ADHD symptoms
The results of a study led by a team from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported
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Researchers identify role sex-biased protein may play in autism
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire are one step closer to helping answer the question of why autism is
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‘Doing science,’ rather than ‘being scientists,’ more encouraging to girls
Asking young girls to “do science” leads them to show greater persistence in science activities than does asking them to
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Females find social interactions to be more rewarding than males, study reveals
Females find same-sex social interactions to be more rewarding than males, and females are more sensitive to the rewarding actions
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