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Depression Research at the National Institute of Mental Health. Fact Sheet.
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National Inst. of Mental Health (DHHS), Bethesda, MD. – 2000
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is committed to reducing the burden of mental illness through research on mind, brain, and behavior. This report presents the latest information on what is known about depression. The symptoms and types of depression are considered. Research on the treatments of depression is described, including the…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Brain, Children, Depression (Psychology)
Developmental Plasticity in Children: The Role of Biological Risk, Development, Time, and Reserve.
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Dennis, Maureen – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2000
This article discusses newer views of functional developmental plasticity occurring after biological insults to the developing central nervous system (CNS), including concepts of neurobehavioral outcome and ways to measure it, biological risk, age and development at onset of CNS insult, time since onset of CNS insult, and reserve. (Contains…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Biological Influences, Child Development, Children
Planar Asymmetry Tips the Phonological Playground and Environment Raises the Bar.
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Eckert, Mark A.; Lombardino, Linda J.; Leonard, Christiana M. – Child Development, 2001
Examined the contribution of biological and environmental variables to 11-year-olds' phonological development. Found that temporal lobe (planar) asymmetry, hand preference, family history of reading disability, and SES explained over half the variance in phonological and verbal performance, demonstrating a linear association between cerebral…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Brain, Children, Environmental Influences
A Developmental Investigation of Inattentiveness and Hyperactivity.
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Carlson, Elizabeth A.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Investigated the development of inattentiveness and hyperactivity in middle childhood through a prospective study that followed 191 children from birth through age 11. In early childhood, quality of caregiving better predicted distractibility, an early precursor of hyperactivity, than did early biological or temperament factors. Caregiving and…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Biological Influences, Caregiver Child Relationship
Differential Genetic Etiology of Reading Disability as a Function of IQ.
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Wadsworth, Sally J.; Olson, Richard K.; Pennington, Bruce F.; DeFries, John C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2000
Composite reading performance data from 223 pairs of identical twins and 169 same-gender fraternal twins in which at least one member was classified with reading disability were subjected to multiple regression analysis. Results indicated that the genetic etiology of reading disability differs as a linear function of IQ. (Contains extensive…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Children, Disability Identification, Environmental Influences
Antisocial Behavior in Children and Hans Eysenck's Biosocial Theory of Personality: A Review.
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Kemp, Dawn E.; Center, David B. – 1998
This paper examines antisocial behavior in children and youth in relation to the biosocial personality theory of Hans Eysenck. It explains Eysenck's theory, which includes a significant role for biological factors in the development of antisocial behavior. The theory holds that three temperament traits--Psychoticism (P), Extroversion (E), and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Biological Influences