Sentences with phrase «very young brain»

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«We bought him when he was very young, we have built him up and I think he has a great mentality and a good football brain.

He's not just got the skills to play well with his feet, but increasingly his brain is thinking a couple of steps ahead of others, which is very impressive for a young player like him.

We have bought him when he was very young, and we have built him up.I like his mentality, and he has a good football brain.

The younger one is just a year old, and since his very first days, my wife and I have spent a lot of time thinking and talking (and occasionally worrying) about the research on stress and its effect on early brain development.

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.

After all, you're parenting a very young child with a very immature brain.

When a child is very young, her brain requires naps to help her solidify concepts and regulate her emotions.

It is difficult to meet our babies sleep needs, especially at a very young age, as they need so much, but think of good sleep like food for their brain - we wouldn't feed our babies junk food so we shouldn't feed them junk sleep either.

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.

The study, led by the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Health Sciences, found that younger and older adults show very different brain wave patterns when performing the same memory task.

«Furthermore, given the continued use of psychotropic medications in very young children and concerns regarding their effects on the developing brain, future studies on the long - term effects of psychotropic medication use in this age group are essential.»

«The brain is quite «plastic» and changeable in the very young, and if we know why circuits are miswired, it may be possible to correct those pathways, allowing the brain to build new, functional wiring,» he says.

«The brain is very plastic in young ages, and prolonged exposure with improperly fitted devices could incur damage,» she said.

When the scientists looked at the structure of the neurons in the insects» brains and eyes, they saw that while the tissue in very young flies was more or less intact, problems developed quickly.

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.

This is usually naturally corrected as they grow up, he says, but in some people, the sight of an amputee at a very young age may have reinforce the alterations in the brain.

«We found subtle brain differences in men who at a very young age had severe problems with communication and social interaction.

In a study by the Institute of Medicine, the authors said [pdf] that young people between 15 and 17 years old still have developing brains and are very vulnerable.

In line with the behavioral data, our whole brain TissueCyte ® based analyses suggests that younger mice (∼ 4 - 5 months) exhibit very sparse parenchymal plaques while aged mice (> 7 months) show a clear progression in the number / size of plaques and display differential increases in regional plaque load number / size.

Iron deficiency is best known for causing mild anemia and fatigue, but iron is also required for proper function of the brain, and deficiency can cause memory and other cognitive problems, particularly in the very young.

When you are very young you have different brain waves, and the part of your brain that is involved in learning is constantly «on».

The brain research that has developed over the last three or four years makes it very, very clear that if young children are to reach high standards of learning, they have to start out right.

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.

But in the case of Courtney's work, the question has a very profound answer: ANYONE with a brain, and even the slightest measure of concern for society, especially its young people.

She died of a brain tumor when she was very young.

They are generally very safe, but should not be used in young pups as they can enter the brain and cause nervous system symptoms such as depression and signs of stupor.

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.

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are one of the most common injuries in young men aged 15 to 24, though the elderly and the very young often suffer these brain injuries as well.

The people most likely to suffer a traumatic brain injury are very young children, teenagers between 15 - 19 years old, and adults who are over 65.

Environments where the impact of daily stress, particularly if compounded by exposure to violence or mental illness in the family, particularly maternal depression, which is very common, or substance abuse, that level of stress, that kind of toxic stress in the environment of a young child, is actually interfering with the development of the brain.

«We think that's due to greater plasticity in the brain when kids are younger, meaning that the brain is affected more by experiences very early in life.

The trauma he experienced at a very young age actually changed his brain and stunted his emotional growth.

This full - day workshop examines the social emotional needs of babies and toddlers; the impact of stress on early childhood brain development; and the implications of complicated deployments, parental injury, and parental loss for very young children.

Participants will learn skills and strategies for: 1) Teaching early childhood providers about brain development (architecture and neurobiology) to inform their practice 2) Supporting language, cognition, prosocial behavior, and social - emotional development 3) Reducing toxic stress that can negatively influence brain development of very young children.

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.

«It very much impacts on a child's developing brain, especially in very young children as their brains are developing in amazing ways, so something like trauma is going to impact on their ability to developmentally progress as a normal child of their age.»

The right hemisphere of the brain is particularly active during early interactions between very young children and caregivers and that stores the internal working model for attachment relationships and affect regulation (Schore, 2003).