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There's a lot of truth in the old proverb "experience is the best teacher," and apparently it even applies to 10-month-old infants.
New research shows 12- and 18-month-old babies not only are observing what is going on around them but also are using their own visual self-experience to judge what other people can and cannot see.
The first study to include a significant number of aggressive girls with conduct problems indicates that psychological conditions including conduct disorder may have separate causes in the two sexes.
Black and white Americans responded differently when exposed to a video presentation that described Hurricane Katrina and then blamed the botched relief efforts on one of two causes: either government incompetence or racism, because the majority of Katrina's victims were black.
Abstinence can mean different things to adolescents than to adults. That's one reason why abstinence-only programs do not have strong effects in preventing teenage sexual activity, according to new University of Washington research.
The mammoth increase in the United States' prison population since the 1970s is having profound demographic consequences that disproportionately affect black males.
Adolescent girls who had a serious school failure by the 12th grade -- being expelled, suspended or dropping out -- were significantly more likely to have suffered a serious bout of depression at the age of 21 than girls who did not have these problems.
Asian-American immigrants who came to the United States before they were 25 years old have poorer mental health than their compatriots who came to this country when they were 25 or older.
Seventh-grade students in U.S. communities that have set up scientifically validated programs to reduce juvenile deliquency were 27 percent less likely to engage in such behavior than children in towns that have not adopted such programs.
New evidence shows that the brains of adults with autism are "wired" differently from people without the disorder, and this abnormal pattern of connectivity may be responsible for the social impairments that are characteristic of autism.
Technology can send a man to the moon, help unlock the secrets of DNA and let people around the world easily communicate through the Internet. But it's no substitute for nature when it comes to reducing low-level stress.
Teens attending college six months after completing high school are significantly less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than those who do not go to college.
Recent research has shown that the majority of autism cases occur in families with just one child who has disorder, and that's why the University of Washington's Autism Center is seeking 200 Washington and Oregon families to participate in a new North American study.
Despite public health campaigns, a surprising number of women continue to use substances such as tobacco, marijuana and alcohol during pregnancy and their usage rebounds to pre-pregnancy levels within two years of having a baby. Dads, meanwhile, don't get the messages at all.
Spring training for parents isn't a bad idea because as cries of "play ball" ring out this spring, they surely will be followed by stressed out young athletes wanting to quit sports.
Scientists hoping to understand how young children develop self-control are looking for 300 Seattle-area families to participate in a new $1.2 million study.
A study of a tropical wasp suggests that brainpower required to be dominant drives brain capacity, supporting the idea that bigger brains are better.
A combination of negative mother-daughter relationships and low blood levels of serotonin, an important brain chemical for mood stability, may be lethal for adolescent girls, leaving them vulnerable to engage in self-harming behaviors such as cutting themselves.
A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it isn't necessarily the fastest or easiest path to follow, especially when a hill is involved.
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