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Maybe those suggestions aren't based on rigorous neuroscientific research, and maybe they're equally applicable to kids of four or five. But they're pretty good advice nonetheless...
...most cases, the data address what happens when children are deprived of stimulation, not what happens when they get extra helpings. If kids aren't routinely exposed to language during the first year of life, for example--sign language, if they're deaf--they gradually lose the capacity to learn it at all. Similarly, kids who have uncorrected eye disorders early on will lose the capacity to coordinate the vision in both eyes. "We can't prove conclusively that these deficits involve the wiring of the brain," admits Kuhl. "But we're pretty sure it isn't happening...
...comes to emotional development, moreover, it's been demonstrated again and again that children whose parents rarely talk to them or pick them up or show them affection tend to be emotionally damaged for life. Do scientists understand the physical basis for such effects? No. Does that mean they aren't real...
...longtime Springer supporter, I'm upset that the media aren't taking his candidacy as seriously as Hillary Clinton's. Hillary has never run for office; Springer was a five-term city councilman and a two-term mayor of Cincinnati who wrestled a bear during his tenure. And while I don't know Hillary's opinions other than on health care and how mental abuse leads to randiness, Springer drops science at the end of every episode. There isn't an issue he hasn't examined. Forget Social Security and child care. This guy has looked into...
...dot.com's been smashed! But don't cry for me--O.K., you probably aren't--I'll do fine. And so will the business. That's how this entrepreneur consoles himself when he looks at the stock performance of TheStreet.com a company that came public at $19 just a few months ago, roared to $70 on the first day of trading and now finds itself below the offering at about...