Word: mentality
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...which were published today in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), offer new insight into why kids usually seem to outgrow their ADHD, says Dr. Philip Shaw, who led the research team at the Child Psychiatry Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). "It doesn't mean we can just sit back and do nothing," Shaw says, but the findings complement "what psychiatrists have been telling parents for years," that most kids with ADHD do get better...
...talking while others are talking - about a quarter to a third of children and teenagers carry their ADHD into adulthood. Some environmental factors like lead exposure, smoking during pregnancy and food additives have been linked with increased risk of the disorder, but there's still debate in the mental health community about whether the cause is mostly genetic or environmental. What's clear, though, is that ADHD is highly heritable - if one parent has or had the condition, their child has about a 70% chance of inheriting...
...2004’s “The Ladykillers,” the Coen brothers’ latest venture surpasses stylistic expectations. McCarthy’s work is known for its violence, and the film has plenty of it, but the Coens balance the blood with the weighty mental counterpoint that the author eloquently integrates in his narrative. In doing so, they successfully maintain the author’s voice—keeping the film a philosophical thriller instead of just a thriller—and leave viewers with possibly the year’s best film. Few directors wield...
...studies the impact of pubertal hormones on neural development, adds that it's also too soon to know how delaying puberty plays into brain growth. Others worry about intervening with children before their gender identity is fully formed. Kenneth Zucker, a child psychologist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, notes that his studies indicate that comparatively few gender-variant children--about 12% of girls and 20% of boys--grow into transgender adults. "Gender development is a multifactorial process that evolves," he says. Nevertheless, Dr. Norman Spack, who spearheaded the Boston clinic and has assessed 50 children...
...words, Pinker said, “Brain cells fire in patterns,” to thunderous applause from the audience. The most common error made by student writers is addressing the wrong audience, Pinker said. Writers must act as better intuitive psychologists in order to anticipate readers’ mental processes, he explained. “Considering the audience is at the core of writing,” said Gregory A. Harris, preceptor in expository writing and last year’s editor of “Exposé.” After immersing themselves in research and academia, writers...