Two toddlers are learning the word “cup.” One sees three nearly identical cups; the other sees a tea cup, a sippy cup and a Styrofoam cup. Chances are, the second child will have a better sense of what a cup is and — according to a new University o…
Even if a woman is perfectly clear in expressing sexual interest or rejection, young men vary in their ability to remember the cues, a new University of Iowa study shows.
Overall, college-age men were quite good at recalling whether their female…
Pacifier use and thumb sucking after age two years can cause dental problems in preschool-aged children, according to researchers at the University of Iowa. Researchers studied 372 children longitudinally from birth using parent-answered questionnaires. They obtained alginate impressions and wax bite registrations from the children at 4 to 5 years of age and assessed the subjects for posterior crossbites, anterior open bites and overjets. They also measured dental arch parameters — width, length and depth — directly from the impressions and registrations.