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Study of Kids Brains: What is 'Normal"?

by Ted Wilson on Mon 09 Jul 2007 02:30 PM EDT | Permanent Link | + del.icio.us | + digg

This summer, brain experts funded by the National Institutes of Health are finishing the largest systematic clinical study ever of the neurobiology of youth. In a $30 million project, researchers in six cities have been combining brain scans, psychological profiles, medical exams and intelligence tests gathered from hundreds of healthy children to answer a fundamental question about brain development that nags parents and pediatric practitioners alike: What is normal?

Follow this link to read more: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/article_print/SB118367417694058522-lMyQjAxMDE3ODAzOTYwNzk0Wj.html

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