Can
you make a genius?
BBC Science Genes Stories
How do you fancy a Nobel prize-winning scientist
as the father of your children? Would they
inherit his genes and turn into geniuses too?
Research into the inheritance of IQ has been
one of the most controversial areas of genetics.
Results of some twins studies have been used
to claim that it is pointless educating those
who are “born stupid”. These results and the
conclusions that were drawn from them have
been discredited but research continues in
this area.
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Sleep
Loss Hits Child Brain
BBC News
Even losing an hour's sleep a night can have
noticeable effects on a
child's mental performance, say scientists.
Researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel
are urging parents not to give in too often
to their child's demands for a later bedtime.
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Kids
start remembering by second year, study finds
CNN.com Science & Space
Harvard researchers have found that by age
2 children have developed memories strong
enough to repeat tasks shown to them months
earlier. The study, published Wednesday in
the British journal Nature, gets closer to
unravelling how memory develops by establishing
that 2-year-olds have recall, something that
their 1-year-old counterparts do not. But
it doesn't explain why most adults can remember
only as far back as age 3, 4 or 5.
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Babies'
First Months Crucial to Brain Development
CNN interactive Health
When does an infant's capacity for learning
begin? The answer to the
age-old question may lie in new scientific
evidence that indicates the
experiences of babies' first days and months
have a decisive impact on their brains and
on what kind of adults they will become.
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How
to boost babies' brain power
CNN.com Health
More than 360,000 babies are born every day
on the planet. Which one of them will grow
up to be a future Shakespeare, find a cure
for cancer or perhaps even prove Einstein
wrong? For a smarter baby, experts say it's
not all in the books -- emotional development
plays a big role in raising intelligent kids.
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