I see a Camden that is renowned for healing, a city that becomes known for creativity, imagination and discovery. I see a city where the people have the tools to heal themselves, each other, and their neighborhoods. People come from around the...
Penn State’s Child Study Center has announced its line-up for the 2014-2015 Speaker Series, an annual series that hosts distinguished speakers who address topics related to child and adolescent development. For more information on the...
It has become common for people who have pets to refer to themselves as "pet parents," but how closely does the relationship between people and their non-human companions mirror the parent-child relationship? A small study from a group of...
Majorities of media researchers, parents and pediatricians agree that exposure to violent media can increase aggression in children, according to a new national study. The study found that 66 percent of researchers, 67 percent of parents...
In today's ACES CONNECTION ROUND UP the Virtual Summit Results were published. In the article, the question was asked, "Does anyone know Hillary Clinton?" I don't. But I did Google for information on how to send her a message. Found it....
More than two million people are incarcerated in the United States, the highest incarceration rate in the world. So perhaps it comes as no surprise that last year the popular children's television series Sesame Street introduced a character...
On a recent Sunday night, Liz Paul was tired. She'd worked in the morning, spent a full day with her family and she did not feel like going out for her daily jog. "I tweeted out, 'Well, it's 9 p.m. on Sunday and I didn't work out,' " she says,...
Carlos Romero's apartment is marked with remnants from his former life: a giant television from his days playing World of Warcraft and a pair of jeans the width of an easy chair. Remnants of that time — when he weighed 437 pounds —...
The beginning of the NFL's 2014 season has been marked by scandals around players' off-field behavior. But each time the league mustered an official response, it seemed to invite even more criticism — especially in the case of Ray Rice,...
Hardly a week goes by without some brain imaging study making the rounds in science news. Last week we read that women had similar patterns of brain activation in brain regions associated with emotion, reward and affiliations when looking at...
MANY workers now feel as if they’re doing the job of three people. They are on call 24 hours a day. They rush their children from tests to tournaments to tutoring. The stress is draining, both mentally and physically. At least that is the...
Think back to your first childhood crush. Maybe it was a classmate or a friend next door. Most likely, through school and into adulthood, your affections continued to focus on others in your approximate age group. But imagine if they did not....
With my bicycle ride across the country now over and done with, I found myself in need of a hair cut. So, my feisty 83-year-old mother escorted me to her hair salon to meet her hairdresser, Maria. And so the story begins as some stories do, a...
It typically follows that after experiencing something extraordinary - such as skydiving, going on an amazing vacation or eating at a 5-star restaurant - we want to share the details with our friends. But a new study suggests there are social...
Brain structures involved in dealing with pain and stress (Source: Wikimedia Commons)/The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) According to research by AMC in Amsterdam, one in six victims of a serious accident develop post traumatic...