Study of Kids' Brains Hopes to Answer: What Is Normal?
July 6, 2007; WSJ
Every parent knows that children have minds of their own, shaped by
growing brains that scientists can barely fathom. Researchers strain
to tell symptoms of neural disorder from the natural variations of
young brains, almost infinite in their possibilities.
This summer, brain experts funded by the National Institutes of Health
are finishing the largest systematic clinical study ever of the
neurobiology of youth. In a $30 million project, researchers in six
cities have been combining brain scans, psychological profiles,
medical exams and intelligence tests gathered from hundreds of healthy
children to answer a fundamental question about brain development that
nags parents and pediatric practitioners alike: What is normal?
The rest of this article can be found at:
http://online. wsj.com/public/ article/SB118367 417694058522- XtPdT8Xx_ AS7LdXlEITGM1kuM eM_20080705. html?mod= rss_free
--
Corin Barsily Goodwin
Director, Gifted Homeschoolers Forum
http://giftedhomesc hoolers.org
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment