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A study done by University of Cincinnati shows that children exposed to large amounts of traffic related air pollution or TRAP had higher risk of developing Hyperactivity. 576 kids where chosen to be in the study. The study started as infants and the kids where fallowed till age 7. These kids where compared to kids living near high ways and kids that didn't. The study showed kids that lived near major roadways scored higher on the hyperactivity test than kids who didn't.

A study done by Tel Aviv University shows that breastfeeding within the first year of life can greatly reduce the chances of kids having ADHA. A clear link between the rates of breastfeeding and the chances of ADHD was found. In this test they tested kids with ADHD and there siblings that did not have it. At three months only 43% of kids with ADHD where breastfed. Unlike 69% of siblings that don't have ADHD where breastfed. At 6 months 29% of kids with ADHD where breastfed and 50% of there siblings. Although a mother will most likely feed all the kids the same some factors play in that could change that rate they are breastfed at.

Rather than talking about cool organs this article was more about the topic of "cool kids." This article talked about how the "shelf life" for the popular kids rarely makes it past 20s. In a study in the Journal of Child's Development sociologists followed little kids from various ethnicities and locations until they were adults. Sociologists found that children that were dubbed "cool" were developed this fake maturity because they were typically the ones that went to parties or dated at an earlier age, but as the kids began to get older the other children developed real maturity, so the "cool kids" typically began to involve themselves in riskier behavior in order to maintain their "cool" status, but eventually the risky business turned to alcohol/drug abuse. So, eventually the "cool kids" are no longer cool they are law breakers. Finally, leading sociologists to believe cool kids can't stay cool forever.

The Cincinnati Children's Hospital did a study on teenage drivers. This study showed that in a 40 min driving period kids with ADHD strayed from the lane and drove faster than kids without. Then they had the kids text when driving. Texting adds a great risk to kids with ADHD because of the focus that is needed to text. This has cause the hospital to push that no texting and driving laws be passed and enforced.

Being the leader of the research team at the University of Alberta, Lisa Hartling experiments with how music affects levels of pain. The team conducted with 42 children in the pediatric ER: half given music to listen to while getting an IV, the rest given no music. Hartling reports that there were less pain after the procedure for the kids that had listened to music than the kids that had not. She hopes to continue this research, testing with different types of music or other distractions to help lower pain during medical procedures.

Someone with a learning disability doesn't necessarily have low or high intelligence. It just means the child must be taught a bit different to work around this disability. There are two main types of learning disability's auditory processing or visual processing. This mean some kids have to see or hear something in order for them to learn it.

ADHD in adults is much different from kids. ADHD is present in 2-4% of adults. This causes problems staying organized, difficulty getting work done, and procrastination. Other symptoms that where found are restlessness, behavioral, learning, and emotional problems. Most people will act before they think and try to do multiple things at once.

Using a computer program, Neuroscientist Kamitani led an experiment to compare the brain's activity during sleep and during wake. This study involved 3 adult males, who were hooked up to a fMRI (used to measure brain activity). Being told to describe the things they saw in their dreams, the 3 adults were also asked to look at those objects in real life. Kamitani's study revealed that the brain responded similarly to objects dreamt about or seen awake.