Bullying among sixth graders a daily occurrence, UCLA study finds
...ut sexual harassment, but not about other forms of verbal bullying. It's a bizarre and confusing message to ...hing happens. We find no support for the idea that verbal harassment is less hurtful in causing emotional distress than physical aggression," Nishina said. Ma...New studies show mixed results on epilepsy drugs and birth defects
...xposed to valproic acid during pregnancy had lower verbal IQ scores than children exposed to other epilepsy ...acid during pregnancy were more likely to have low verbal IQ scores (average of 84) compared to other groups in the study, such as those exposed only to the d...Helping answer needs by developing specialists in autism
... adults with autism typically have difficulties in verbal and non-verbal communication, social interactions, and leisure or play activities. ...Binge drinking can impair both mood and cognitive performance
...r character traits and mood states, and to perform verbal IQ, working memory and vigilance tasks. Those individuals identified as binge drinkers reported less-positive moods than did non-binge drinkers. In addition, female binge drinkers performed worse on the working-memory and vigilance tasks than did t...Researchers track program's success in curbing aggressive behavior
...h incentives like a little extra time at recess or verbal praise from the teacher. Rather than separating children who are disruptive from the rest of the class, Dr. Brown said, the teacher draws on the powerful influence of a students' peers to collectively reinforce positive behavior. "The intervention ...Alcohol's damaging effects on adolescent brain function
...sulting in a decreased ability in problem solving, verbal and non-verbal retrieval, visuospatial skills, and working memory. "AUD is a term that encompasses both of the diagnostic categories of alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence," said Monti. "These findings with kids really raise the possibility that as...Smoking causes cognitive impairment in adolescents
...n in mind and manipulating it. They also evaluated verbal learning and memory, attention, mood, symptoms of nicotine withdrawal and tobacco cravings in 41 adolescent daily smokers and 32 nonsmokers. The groups were similar in age, gender and education. "Adolescent smokers were found to have impairments in ...Alcoholics can have deficits in visuoperception and frontal executive function despite sobriety
...ing problems." "Because Western society is largely verbal as opposed to visual-spatial, much emphasis is placed on verbal processes," added Sara Jo Nixon, professor and director of the Neurocognitive Laboratory at the Univ...Prenatal alcohol exposure has effects far beyond fetal alcohol syndrome
...e strongly negative effects of alcohol exposure on verbal IQ and working memory, both important for learning and school success." Both Jacobson and Singer noted that one very important implication of these findings is that a moderate-to-heavy drinking mother who has given birth to an unaffected child when s...White physicians slower to prescribe HIV medications for African-Americans than for whites
...t differences, the researchers write. For example, verbal and non-verbal communication may be better between a patient and doctor of the same race, and as a result the patient is more likely to report greater participation in decision-making, have longer visits and ultimately be more likely to trust the pro...Elderly experience long-term cognitive decline after surgery
...ies in four domains: psychomotor and mental speed, verbal learning, cognitive filtering and attention/concentration. After determining the rates of cognitive decline, Monk then compared the outcomes of the 59 percent of patients who exhibited cognitive impairments at discharge with those who were not impair...OHSU study: Testosterone deprivation makes men forget
...hers studying how testosterone deprivation affects verbal memory found that men undergoing the prostate canc...d "Androgen ablation impairs hippocampal-dependent verbal memory processes." Men who have undergone testosterone deprivation "are able to encode these words...New technologies shed light on schizophrenia
...ge-matched controls had worse declarative-episodic verbal memory; they found it significantly harder than di...well in orchestrating important signals related to verbal processes, such as using words to organize thoughts. These neural networks are known to contri...UCLA medical student develops, markets communication board for intubated patients
...s and cope with fears, anxiety, and stress through verbal communication," the report said. As a result, the caregiver is forced to interpret the patients' non-verbal communication such as mouthing, gesticulating, nodding and writing--which can be difficult for the critically ill patient. "Such nonverbal me...Epilepsy study shows memory loss after brain surgery
...al epilepsy patients have a significant decline in verbal memory. This type of memory loss is associated wit...her the left or right brain tissue showed signs of verbal memory loss. Initially, the resulting loss of memory was thought to be a possible effect of the tra...Cogtest plc seals deal with Lundbeck: Cogtest battery for use in multinational schizophrenia trial
...sts of social cognition, emotional recognition and verbal ability. These are domains unique to the Cogtest library of tests. Referring to Cogtest's expert consulting service, Lundbeck's Head of Clinical Psychosis, Dr Raimund Buller said: "Cogtest have been very helpful, responsive to our needs, and have ...FDA approves Adderall XR (R) to treat ADHD in adults
.... There is a potential for worsening of motion or verbal tics and Tourette's syndrome. Abuse of amphetamines may lead to dependence. Misuse of amphetamine may lead to serious cardiovascular adverse events. A patient should report any new psychological symptoms to his or her physician. About ADHD ADHD ...Study says widely reported side effect of chemotherapy may be overestimated
... cognitive impairment with significant deficits in verbal learning and memory prior to chemotherapy. Psychomotor processing speed and attention, non-verbal memory, naming, complex visual tasks and hand fine motor dexterity also trended toward significant impairment compared to the controls. "Given the curre...Some positive findings in new study on cocaine exposed children
...not associated with lower full scale IQ scores, or verbal or performance IQ scores at age 4 years. However, ...cocaine exposed 80.7 vs. nonexposed 82.9), summary verbal (cocaine exposed 79.9 vs. nonexposed 81.9) or performance IQ measures (cocaine exposed 85.5 vs. none...Study examines effects of prenatal cocaine exposure and influence of home environment on IQ scores
...not associated with lower full scale IQ scores, or verbal or performance IQ scores at age 4 years. However,...cocaine exposed 80.7 vs. nonexposed 82.9), summary verbal (cocaine exposed 79.9 vs. nonexposed 81.9) or performance IQ measures (cocaine exposed 85.5 vs. none...