Sentences with phrase «because younger brains»

Early - age interventions frequently have higher benefit cost ratios, presumably because younger brains are more malleable, and early learning tends to build on itself and create future learning.

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The Canadian Medical Association had recommended a legal age of 21 because of evidence cannabis can cause changes to the brain and may pose a serious health risk to young people.

«It was important for me to keep working because I was the primary income producer, and it was therapeutic to keep my mind challenged and active despite having bouts of chemo - brain,» Young relates.

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

Because the brain of the young athlete is still developing, with even subtle damage leading to learning deficits adversely affecting development, and with studies showing younger athletes recover more slowly than adults, a more conservative approach to concussions in children and teens than for older athletes is recommended.

In part because some important functions of the brain are not fully developed, even in late adolescence, young people tend to act impulsively, aggressively and make risky decisions.

Parents can work to improve a child's outcome, because the brain is plastic, especially when children are young.

When you think about the fact that very young children especially can't exactly tell you that their head hurts or may make an exam difficult because they get cranky or tired or act out in a way that you can't determine «normal» behavior, it makes sense that a CT scan could be especially helpful in diagnosing brain injuries.

Because they can detect subtle signs of cognitive impairment indicating that an athlete's brain has not fully healed, even where the athlete claims his symptoms have cleared, the tests are designed to help to protect young athletes against the risk of suffering a second concussion by returning too soon, which can lead to short - and long - term cognitive problems, and catastrophic injury or even death from second impact syndrome.

The scientists recommend that people with advanced - stage fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, which mostly affects teenagers and young adults, receive regular neuroimaging scans because of the tumor's apparent ability to metastasize to the brain.

Because the brain stores colour and shape in different groups of neurons, Vanessa Simmering at the University of Wisconsin in Madison suspected that young children have not yet developed the ability to link the information stored in each.

Based on analyses of current IQ data, he speculates that we are not born with more mental potential than our ancestors; however, because our modern brain is expected to handle higher - level cognitive tasks from a very young age, our mental capabilities have changed.

Teenagers and young adults seem most likely to procrastinate, perhaps because the part of the brain involved in long - term planning doesn't mature until our twenties.

Matsuzawa told the Associated Press that he thinks the chimps had the edge, because they were younger and, also, human ancestors lost much of this skill over time to free brain space for language ability.

It is widely believed that children younger than 7 are good at picking up new languages because their brains rewire themselves more easily, and because they use what is called procedural, or implicit, memory to learn — meaning they pick up a new language without giving it conscious thought.

Wendy Zukerman reports that old folks might be grumpier than younger people because their brains have a reduced ability to...

Wendy Zukerman reports that old folks might be grumpier than younger people because their brains have a reduced ability to cope with stress (10 April, p 10).

Project Prakash was launched in 2004 to provide cataract surgery to older children and young adults who were considered beyond help, because they are past a critical age when vision develops in the brain.

Although the number of cases is still very small, and most have yet to be published in peer - reviewed journals, the researchers insist their preliminary findings are cause for concern because this type of brain pathology is virtually unheard of in people this young.

Indeed, evidence shows that older people are just as mentally fit as younger people, because their brains compensate for some kinds of declines in creative ways that young minds do not exploit as well.

Healthy young and middle - aged adults spend about 20 % to 25 % of their sleeping hours in the stages known as slow - wave sleep (so called because of the brain waves associated with it).

They — they must look — they must be healthy because they look, you know, stereotypically healthy but they have a lot of internal health issues and they may even have brain fog and fatigue, so they're health challenges may be manifesting more internally especially as they're younger, and then will sometimes express more externally especially once they hit menopause where their hormones significantly shift.

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Gorgeous women with brains are rare: because a good - looking girl has been aware of her attractiveness based on how she's been treated since a young age, she is less likely to work hard in order to make herself stand out from the crowd.

During one heartbreaking scene, the mom of one of the young blind women must tell her daughter the origin of her illness because she was too small to remember her inoperable brain tumor.

Rationale We support early childhood programs because recent research in neuroscience has revealed the learning potential of very young children, the plasticity of the young brain, and the astounding mental growth that ordinarily takes place in the first few years of life.

HeidiSongs HeidiSongs Singable Songs for Letters and Sounds DVD is a fantastic product to use with young children because it incorporates music and movement which brain research has proven to be effective.

The formula for kittens is based in young kittens and this formula adds DHA because the fish contained has been cooked, dried and pulverized so it loses most of the natural DHA contained in the oil, which is an Omega - 3 fatty acid that helps to develop brain, cerebral cortex, retina, skin, testicles.

Studies have shown that children younger than seven years old easily pick up new languages because their brains are wired to readily incorporate the words, grammar and structure of multiple languages.

The American Academy of Pediatrics states clearly on its «Media and Children» webpage that «television and other entertainment should be avoided for infants and children under age 2 [because] a child's brain develops rapidly during these first years, and young children learn best by interacting with people, not screens.»

But secondly, I think we as women have to continue to advocate for our very conservative profession, looking at ways that law firms of all sizes and shapes can more fairly and adequately deal with women with young children, because it is an enormous brain drain if the profession doesn't get there.

Our Westchester, New York and Connecticut lead based paint lawyers know that it's significantly easier for lead to be absorbed into the brain when ingested by young children because a child's brain is still developing.

Distracted driving impacts younger drivers for two main reasons — because they have less experience behind the wheel and because their brains are still not fully developed.

Because pediatricians have nearly universal, relatively frequent and recurring contact with young children and their families, they are uniquely well positioned to have an impact on developmental outcomes through anticipatory guidance at well - child visits, early developmental screening, practice - based developmental interventions, community linkage and referral programs, and advocacy for broader social change to support child development.40 — 44 This study reinforces the potential benefits of practice - based programs that support parenting and the home learning environment, such as «Reach Out and Read» and «Healthy Steps for Young Children,» 16,45,46 as well as community - based programs that help guide families through systems of care for developmental support, like Help Me Grow.47 Efforts to connect pediatric practices with home visitor and early care and education providers may provide referral opportunities for promoting early brain development.48 &mdasyoung children and their families, they are uniquely well positioned to have an impact on developmental outcomes through anticipatory guidance at well - child visits, early developmental screening, practice - based developmental interventions, community linkage and referral programs, and advocacy for broader social change to support child development.40 — 44 This study reinforces the potential benefits of practice - based programs that support parenting and the home learning environment, such as «Reach Out and Read» and «Healthy Steps for Young Children,» 16,45,46 as well as community - based programs that help guide families through systems of care for developmental support, like Help Me Grow.47 Efforts to connect pediatric practices with home visitor and early care and education providers may provide referral opportunities for promoting early brain development.48 &mdasYoung Children,» 16,45,46 as well as community - based programs that help guide families through systems of care for developmental support, like Help Me Grow.47 Efforts to connect pediatric practices with home visitor and early care and education providers may provide referral opportunities for promoting early brain development.48 — 52

The article also states that young children who experience trauma are at a particular risk because their developing brains are very vulnerable, specifically the cerebral cortex.

Because most of the brain's core neural networks and primary associations develop at such a young age, early developmental trauma and neglect have a disproportionate influence on the brain's organization and functioning.

Because of the still undeveloped adolescent and young adult brain, many of the rehab programs that succeed for adults have to be modified for the younger people.

In a 3 month period of time [1] I came out of the closet with being Autistics [2] we bought and moved into a travel trailer because we had spent all of our money, and I was naive enough to tell everyone that we were now poor but so blessed and did not care because we now lived near our wonderful friends in the mountains [3] I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy [4] swiftly bloated up 30 pounds, developed lizard skin, hair loss and was no longer cute and young looking for my age [5] meds made me cry over anything and seemed to suck out all my brain cells [chemo brain is real]