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How to use for Foam Roller ? - 0 views

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Why boys will pick Bob over Barbie - children are genetically programmed, say scientist... - 0 views

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Tests involving children as young as three months suggest biological differences and not social pressures dictate which toys children like to play with. The U.S. study looked at babies aged three to eight months - before they can identify even the gender of other people.
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Researchers placed a doll and truck inside a puppet-theatre style box and showed them to 30 children - 17 boys and 13 girls - for two ten-second intervals.The findings, from researchers at Texas A&M University, overturn conventional wisdom that children's toy preferences are down to social conditioning.
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For the study, led by Gerianne Alexander, researchers set up a presentation box similar to a puppet theatre and placed a doll and truck inside.
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Eye-tracking technology measured how many times and how long the babies focused or 'fixated' on each object.
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The researchers found that 'girls showed a visual preference for the doll over the toy truck and boys compared to girls showed a greater number of visual fixations on the truck'.
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It seems unlikely that object interests in infants younger than nine months of age are a result of internal motivation to conform to external referents of gender role behaviour.
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The study reinforces the findings of previous research by Dr Alexander involving green vervet monkeys. Male monkeys spent more time playing with traditional male toys such as a car and a ball than did female monkeys. The female monkeys, however, spent more time playing with a doll and a pot than did the males. 
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Tero Toivanen on 01 Jul 09

The researchers found that 'girls showed a visual preference for the doll over the toy truck and boys compared to girls showed a greater number of visual fixations on the truck'.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The researchers found that 'girls showed a visual preference for the doll over the toy truck and boys compared to girls showed a greater number of visual fixations on the truck'. </div>

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New Math Series Addresses Low Algebra Scores by Targeting Elementary Students - 19 views

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Can a Playground Be Too Safe? - NYTimes.com - 13 views

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“If children and parents believe they are in an environment which is safer than it actually is, they will take more risks. An argument against softer surfacing is that children think it is safe, but because they don’t understand its properties, they overrate its performance.”
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“What happens in America is defined by tort lawyers, and unfortunately that limits
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“Children need to encounter risks and overcome fears
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The best thing is to let children encounter these challenges from an early age, and they will then progressively learn to master them through their play over the years.”
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“Risky play mirrors effective cognitive behavioral therapy of anxiety,
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“Older children are discouraged from taking healthy exercise on playgrounds because they have been designed with the safety of the very young in mind,” Dr. Ball said. “Therefore, they may play in more dangerous places, or not at all.”
- Steve Ransom on 20 Jul 11
  
  Yet another parallel to be found here with online interactions and social/learning spaces. Banning children from these spaces does nothing the teach them how to use them wisely... and they find ways around our filters anyway without the benefit of wise adult guidance.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Yet another parallel to be found here with online interactions and social/learning spaces. Banning children from these spaces does nothing the teach them how to use them wisely... and they find ways around our filters anyway without the benefit of wise adult guidance.</div>
  
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