"A lot of youth who we see engage in awful crimes mature out of those behaviors thanks to cognitive development, " she said.

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It is during this window of time that poor nutrition can affect health, cognitive development, educational achievement and ultimately future economic opportunities.

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Height and cognitive development were assessed at 9 months in 600 boys and 500 girls born in California and 8, 650 children born in other states.

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These benefits include short-term gains in the emotional or cognitive development of the child, improvements in educational outcomes, reduced levels of criminal activity, and improvements in health-related indicators, such as child abuse.

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Trauma and growth: A new study of California births found that boys born three months after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, had significantly greater cognitive development at age 2 than children born before the attacks.

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He was best known for his pioneering efforts in researching the development of cognitive functions in children.

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Rifkin based his work on dozens and dozens of recent breakthroughs in cognitive neuroscience, neuro-psychology and child development.

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He said more research was now needed to see whether high doses of B vitamins actually prevented the development of Alzheimer's in people with mild cognitive impairment.

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The concept that lifetime stressors could trigger the development of the disease, or at least facilitate the leap from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to full-blown dementia, has gained momentum in recent years, and researchers are starting to devote more resources to exploring the relationship more fully.

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