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  2. Year: 2004
  3. Month: February

Month: February 2004

Waisman Early Childhood Program Receives NAEYC Accreditation

Posted on February 26, 2004

The Waisman Early Childhood Program has received notice that its application for accreditation has been approved by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The accreditation process was carried out over the past …

Posted in 2004, News, UCEDDTagged WECP

Waisman Center Researchers Awarded $10.7 Million Grant for Brain Imaging Research on Emotion

Posted on February 25, 2004

Even though we all experience similar emotions, we respond to them in different ways.

Posted in 2004, Awards and Honors, Brain Imaging, Emotions, News, ResearchTagged Funding, Grant, Hill Goldsmith, Ned Kalin, Richie Davidson

How do mothers process emotion about their own babies?

Posted on February 24, 2004

When a new mom gazes at her baby, it’s not just her mood that lights up – it’s also a brain region associated with emotion processing, according to a new UW-Madison study.

Posted in 2004, Mental Health, NewsTagged Babies, Emotion, Emotion Processing, Mothers

DHEA Boosts Growth Rate Of Human Neural Stem Cells

Posted on February 18, 2004

Human neural stem cells, exposed in a lab dish to the steroid DHEA, exhibit a remarkable uptick in growth rates, suggesting that the hormone may play a role in helping the brain produce new cells.

Posted in 2004, News, Stem CellsTagged DHEA, Masatoshi Suzuki

Saffran receives prestigious psychology award

Posted on February 6, 2004

How babies learn language is a question Jenny Saffran has spent the early part of her research career investigating.

Posted in 2004, Awards and Honors, Infant and Childhood Development, News, ResearchTagged Award, Jenny Saffran

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