by Taylor Bennett | Jun 7, 2019 | Anxiety
Exposure to traffic-related air pollution can contribute to anxiety in children.Researchers from the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center studied brain MRIs from 145 children with an average age of 12 years old. They looked...
by Taylor Bennett | May 30, 2019 | Children, Counseling News, Music
Music can help kids excel in complex subjects like math and physics.Many kids are intimidated by these subjects in school. But music can help them better understand difficult equations and theories, according to researchers from the Athena Research Center’s Institute...
by Taylor Bennett | May 9, 2019 | Counseling News, Depression
A machine learning algorithm was used to analyze children’s speech and identify depression and/or anxiety with 80% accuracy.Three features proved to indicate these illnesses: low pitch, repeated speech inflections and subject, and a higher pitch when surprised.Kids...
by Taylor Bennett | May 1, 2019 | Children, Counseling News, Exercise, Kids, Parenting
Most kids and teens aren’t getting enough physical activity.Researchers from the University of Jyvaskyla and LIKES Research Center for Physical Activity and Health analyzed activity levels in different age groups. They discovered that children and adolescents are...
by Taylor Bennett | Apr 25, 2019 | Counseling News, Sports
Most youth football helmets lack sufficient front padding. This, from the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab, which rated every youth football helmet on the market. Only seven of these helmets received a perfect score for effectively reducing head acceleration during impact....
