Can a Lack of Sleep Set Back Your Child's Cognitive Abilities?

Overstimulated, overscheduled kids are getting at least an hour’s less sleep than they need, a deficiency that, new research reveals, has the power to set their cognitive abilities back years. Snooze or Lose By Po Bronson Published Oct 7, 2007 Morgan is a 10-year-old fifth-grader in Roxbury, New Jersey. She’s fair-skinned, petite, with freckles across her nose and wavy,...

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Catching learning disabilities at a young age is key to academic success

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — By the time her son, Luis, was 2 years old, Wendy Ramos realized he wasn’t hitting important speech milestones and enrolled him in speech therapy. “Luis wasn’t talking, but he understood what I was saying and he was great at art and puzzles,” the Great Kills mom explained. “As he got older, he wasn’t recognizing letters or rhymes or nursery songs. He...

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New Brain Imaging Research Reveals Why Autistic Individuals Confuse Pronouns

ScienceDaily (Aug. 1, 2011) — Autism is a mysterious developmental disease because it often leaves complex abilities intact while impairing seemingly elementary ones. For example, it is well documented that autistic children often have difficulty correctly using pronouns, sometimes referring to themselves as "you" instead of "I." A new brain imaging study published in the...

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