Hopeful Family Solutions in Tough Economic TimesA Message from Father Steven Boes, Boys Town National Executive Director.source: www.parenting.orgAs our current economic crisis puts a strain on more families, it may be time for a Parenting Stimulus Package to keep our homes a nurturing place for our children.At Boys Town programs across the country, we know raising children is not easy even in times of prosperity. Families are struggling and those who are near the edge of despair are being put over...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
14 Secrets to Potty-Training Success
The best solutions for the 5 trickiest potty-training issuesBy Lisa Milbrand, Parentingwww.parenting.comWhen our daughter Katie was nearly 3, my husband and I primed her for potty-training success: We put the potty-related books in regular bedtime rotation, thrilled her with a fashionable array of brand-new big-girl panties, and stocked up on a tantalizing...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Attention Issues and School: A Mom's View
By: Christina Wood newsletter@lm.kaboose.comMy son is not hyperactive. He's very calm. He's curious, bright, and a lot of fun to be around. So I was startled (okay, angry) when his kindergarten teacher called me in for a conference and made it clear that she thought there was something wrong with him. "He has trouble staying on task. He never pays...
5 Big Ways to Help Kids Love Books
By: Amy MaclinEmail:newsletter@lm.kaboose.comGetting kids jazzed about reading can be an out there concept, or as simple as anticipated trips to the library.Mary Brigid Barrett, children's author and illustrator, teacher, and founder of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance, shares her favorite ways to cultivate bookworms.1. Make it an experience for all the senses."It's wonderful to have a book come alive in a sensory way. I love to read Robert McCloskey's book Lentil to preschoolers,...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Brain Mechanisms of Visuomotor Transformation Based on Deficits in Tracing and Copying
KENJI OGAWA and CHIYOKO NAGAI ERATO Asada Project, Japan Science and Technology AgencyTOSHIO INUI Kyoto University ABSTRACTThe neural mechanisms underlying visuomotor transformation are examined based on deficits in tracing and copying, as well as functional neuroimaging studies. The developmental process of copying and tracing, as well as lesion studies with adults showing disability in drawing, are reviewed, then two experiments are introduced. In Experiment 1, a behavioral analysis of copying...
Eye Movements During Fixation as Velocity Noise in Minimum Motion Detection
IKUYA MURAKAMIUniversity of TokyoABSTRACTThe functional roles and perceptual consequences of fixational eye movements are argued. The retinal image motions due to these eye movements are viewed as normally unnoticed velocity noise that limits performance of minimum motion detection without reference. When the motion detection threshold and the variability of eye velocity during fixation were measured for a group of normal adult observers, an interobserver correlation was established between psychophysical...
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