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Infants to Adolescents: Research Update Editors: Beverly J. Roder, Ph.D. & Mabel L. Sgan, Ph.D. |
| Volume 7 Number 2 April, 2006 |
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Short and Tall Moms Why Do Tall Women Have Fewer Children than Short Women? (prenatal & 3 weeks) Turn Down the Volume Sounds Heard in the Womb May Affect Brain Cell Formation (prenatal) A Two is a Two Even 7-Month Olds Can Match Numbers of Sights and Sounds (7 months) Seasoned Season of Birth May Affect Later Development (birth - 7 years) Way Too Little Why Do Children Make Inappropriate Size Pairings? (16 - 40 months) Agression, Deception, and Gender Similarities and Differences in How Girls and Boys Use Deception and Aggression (pre-schoolers) "I Know What You're Thinking" How Well Chinese and U.S. Youngsters Control Their Impulses and Imagine the Thoughts of Others (3- 5 years) Body Talk Gestures May Help Children Deal with Cognitive Overload (5-6 years) Who's Throwing Weight Around? Associations between Obesity and Bullying Behaviors (7-1/2 & 8-1/2 years) Additive Stress If Girls Have Better Math Grades than Boys, Why Don't They Do Better on Math Achievement Tests? (5th & 7th grade) Digital Matters Finger Lengths as a Clue to Prenatal Testosterone Exposure (7-17 years) Trying to Measure Up Taking on a "Woman's Role" Isn't Easy (8th grade) What Parents Don't Know How Much Do Teens Tell their Parents? (9th & 12th grade) Getting Involved How Teens Benefit from Doing Required Community Service (11th & 12th grade) QUICK TAKES FACE PREFERENCES IN 3-MONTH OLDS depends on the faces they've seen PARENTS ARE PRETTY GOOD at estimating their children's IQs FINE AND GROSS MOTOR SKILL ABILITIES affect children's self-worth ONSET OF MENSES affects rate of insomnia in girls |
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