"My son is not concentrating, he is distracted by anything." "This girl brings us upside down. When she doesn't get her way she always puts on a show, she has to be what she wants and when she wants." Beyond academic problems, children may present inattention and difficulties in regulating their own behavior, which can lead to despair for parents and teachers. And it is that to intervene in this type of behavior it is necessary to know the mechanisms that explain them.
Although it may seem absurd, this study will give a good idea to many parents who are tired of their children leaving vegetables on the plate. A group of researchers from Cornell University (USA) has shown that, when the dish has an attractive name for children, they eat it without disgust.
According to a recent study carried out in Spain, about 17 percent of children suffer from these motor disorders, which makes them quite common. Tics are more common in boys than in girls and tend to disappear or decrease with age, both in intensity and frequency.
An American investigation has set off alarms regarding one of the most famous drawings among children: SpongeBob SquarePants. According to this study, the frenzied yellow cartoon could cause attention and learning problems in children under the age of four. From the television channel that broadcasts it in the United States, they have explained that these drawings are aimed at children between 6 and 11 years of age.
If you ask a three-year-old to color a tree, they may very well use orange for the trunk and garish blue for the leaves, or any other psychedelic combination. Normally, educators based their taste for bright colors on the powerful imagination of children, but a study from the University of Wisconsin has reached a very different conclusion: children do not know what the real colors of things are.
The adult brain grows after two hours of learning similar to that of a child, according to a study by the University of Hong Kong in China published in the online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Future mothers who regularly use a mobile phone could be at risk of having children with behavioral disorders, especially if children also use these devices early, according to a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Children who swallow button batteries can suffer serious injuries to the esophagus, according to a study from the Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus (United States) published in the journal 'Archives of Otolaryncology-Head & Neck Surgery'.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
