about child growth and development,child care

' Smart DNA ' could explain IQ is inherited IN THE ANGRY DEBATE over how much of IQ comes from the genes that children inherit from parents and how much comes from experirnces, one little fact gets overlooked: no one has identified any genes ( other than those that cause retardation) that affect intelligence. So researchers loed by Robert Plomin of London's institute of Psychiatry decided to look for some. They figured that if you want to find a " smart gene, " you should look in smart kids. They therefore examine the DNA of students like those who are so bright they take college entrance exams four years early- and still score at Princeton-cal-iber levels. The scientists found what they soudgt. " We have ," says Plomin, "the first specific gene ever associated with general intelligence, " Plomin's colleagues drew blood from two groups of 51 children each, all 6 to 15 years old and living in six counties around Cleveland. In one group,...

Human Characteristics: What Does it Mean to be Human The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program

when you look at a person try to know him / her . How?? First follow his or her body posture , talking style, personality , attitude and contract your eyes with individual's eyes try to read because u will get all infomation from there but some are very claver .......

about child growth and development,child care: Causes , Incidence And Risk Factors Of Retardation

Mental retardation affects about 1 - 3 % of the population. There are many causes of mental retardation , but doctors find specific reason in only 25% of causes. Causes of mental retardation can be roughly brokendown into several categories - . Infections (Present at birth or occuring after birth) . Congenital CMV . Congenital rubella . Congenital toxoplasmosis . Encephalitis . HIV infection . Meningitis . Choromosomal abnormalities . Environmetal . Metabolic . Nutritional . Toxic

Mental retardation is a condition diagnosed before age 18 that includes below average general intellectual function, and a lack of the skills necessary for daily living. Intellectual and developmental of disability. A family may suspect mental retardation if the child's motor skills, languages skills, and self-help skills do not seem to be developing or are developing at a f or slower rate that the child's peers. In the case of mild retardation, these failures may not become recognizable until school age or later.

Mental retardation is a condition diagnosed before age 18 that includes below average general intellectual function, and a lack of the skills necessary for daily living.