When Kids Hurt Other Kids: Bullying in Philippine Schools

Kids observing other kids' hands: visuomotor priming in children.

We investigated motor resonance in children using a priming paradigm. Participants were asked to judge the weight of an object shortly primed by a hand in an action-related posture (grasp) or a non action-related one (fist). The hand prime could belong to a child or to an adult. We found faster response times when the object was preceded by a grasp hand posture (motor resonance effect). More cr...

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The heterogenous nature of breast tumours (Hawkins et al., 1977; Silfversward et al., 1980) complicates the application of oestrogen receptor assay results to the management of breast cancer. Much effort has therefore been expended on the development of histochemical assays to detect receptors in tissue sections, initially with oestrogenprotein conjugates (e.g. Pertschuk et al., 1979; Lee, 1978...

Healthy Kids

Cohort Profile: The Applied Research Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!).

The Applied Research Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!) is an ongoing open longitudinal cohort study enrolling healthy children (from birth to 5 years of age) and following them into adolescence. The aim of the TARGet Kids! cohort is to link early life exposures to health problems including obesity, micronutrient deficiencies and developmental problems. The overarching goal is to improve the health ...

Behind Closed Doors: What Really Happens When Cops Question Kids

Much of what passes for knowledge about police interviewing practices is no more than assumption and conjecture. Such knowledge probably owes more to television, films, or novels than to any informed understanding of what happens in police interview rooms. Because of the secrecy that has always surrounded police-suspect interviews and the traditional reluctance of police officers to allow outsi...