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Deirdre M. McCarthy; Thomas J. Spencer; Pradeep G. Bhide – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2024
Objective: We offer an overview of ADHD research using mouse models of nicotine exposure. Method: Nicotine exposure of C57BL/6 or Swiss Webster mice occurred during prenatal period only or during the prenatal and the preweaning periods. Behavioral, neuroanatomical and neurotransmitter assays were used to investigate neurobiological mechanisms of…
Descriptors: Models, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Smoking, Animals
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Yildirim, Denizer; Usluel, Yasemin – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
This study aimed to examine the behaviour of learners across a whole system and in various courses to reveal the interrelation between learners' system interaction, age, programme features and course design. We obtained data from the system logs of 1,634 learners enrolled in distance learning programmes. We performed hierarchical clustering…
Descriptors: Interaction Process Analysis, Academic Achievement, Online Courses, Student Behavior
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Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
Summarizes highlights of a discussion among 11 leaders in the field of child sexual abuse concerning the behavioral manifestations of child sexual abuse. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Medical Research
Griffiths, Peter; Smith, Caroline; Harvie, Ann – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1997
Cognitive and behavioral effects of temporarily elevating levels of phenylalanine in treated phenylketonuria (PKU) were investigated in a triple-blind crossover study with 16 early and continuously treated children and adolescents with PKU. Results suggest that intellectual ability, memory, and conduct are not affected by medium-term elevated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Ability
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Reece, Robert M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
This response to a previous article on behavioral manifestations of child sexual abuse (EC 619 258) stresses the importance of empirical research and the avoidance of assumptions that incidents of sexual abuse are the sentinel events in the life of a child, when the child's dysfunctional milieu may provide far more traumatic events. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Medical Research
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Aleksandrowicz, Malca K.; Aleksandrowicz, Dov R. – Child Development, 1974
A study of the relationship between pain-relieving drugs given to mothers during labor and delivery and neonatal behavior as assessed by the Brazelton Scales. Tested 44 infants on eight different days during their first month of life. (SDH)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Individual Development, Infant Behavior
Benton, Arthur L., Ed. – 1969
Seven aspects of neuropsychology are discussed including modern trends in neuropsychology by Klaus Poeck, the behavioral effect s of commissural section by George Ettlinger and Colin B. Blakemore, neuropsychological studies of phantom limbs by Sidney Weinstein, and problems in the anatomical understanding of aphasias by Norman Geschwind. Also…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Behavior Patterns, Exceptional Child Research, Medical Research
Evarts, Edward V. – Scientific American, 1979
This article focuses on the mechanisms of the human brain which bring about body movements. Included is a discussion of the way in which the brain and spinal cord issue commands and receive signals. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Biology, Human Body
Kandel, Eric R. – Scientific American, 1979
Small systems of neurons are discussed as they relate to studies of simple animals and the generating of behavior from interacting systems. (SA)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Biology, Human Body
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Dollfus, Sonia; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1992
This study compared the clinical efficacy of a dopaminergic antagonist (amisulpride) and a dopaminergic agonist (bromocriptine) with 9 children (ages 4-13) with autism and probable severe mental retardation. The amisulpride acted preferentially on specific autism symptoms and the bromocriptine on motor hyperactivity and attention symptoms.…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Autism, Behavior Patterns, Children
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Friedrich, William N. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
This paper on the behavioral manifestations of child sexual abuse first reviews previous research concerning child variables, parent/family variables, sexual abuse in combination with other maltreatment, and physiological outcomes. Criteria for future research are offered and specific research needs in the areas of developmental progression,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Biological Influences, Child Abuse
Gose, Ben – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
Deaths from meningitis-type illnesses among college students are worrying health officials. Concerns include behaviors of students that may put students at risk, risk characteristics of dormitory housing, ethical concerns about disclosing the names of infected students, and possible need for immunization programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Environment, College Housing, College Students
Clark, Leslie L., Ed. – 1969
Articles report surveys and research studies as well as describe systems in educational technology. Areas treated include the following: multihandicapped blind and deaf blind children in California, by B. Lowenfeld; modern trends in mobility, by J.A. Leonard; factors in the definition of deafness as they relate to incidence and prevalence, by J.…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Behavior Patterns, Blindness, Braille