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- Oct 1, 2026
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FIU's Brave Bunch helps children overcome the anxiety that makes speaking feel impossible (opens the original)
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Lucas has never struggled to find the words at home. Around his family, he's funny, playful and full of personality. But outside of home, especially around adults, anxiety often made speaking feel impossible. This past summer, Lucas attended Brave Bunch, an intensive one-week treatment program at FIU's Center for Children and Families designed to help children with selective mutism gradually overcome that anxiety through real-world practice. By the end of the week, his parents, Joey and Gisele,
FIU study finds brain differences linked to obesity risk in preschoolers (opens the original)
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Children as young as 4 with a higher body mass index (BMI) showed differences in several brain regions involved in reward, taste and hunger, according to a new FIU study. The findings suggest the relationship between obesity risk and the developing brain may begin years earlier than scientists previously realized. Published in the Nature Portfolio journal Scientific Reports, the study is one of the first to use an advanced MRI technique to examine the relationship between obesity risk and brain
When parents are stressed, kids get more screen time, study finds (opens the original)
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Researchers at FIU have a message for parents: If screen time is part of getting through a stressful day, find a way to make it count. The goal should be to focus less on quantity and more on quality. A new study from FIU's Center for Children and Families found that parents experiencing higher levels of stress are more likely to rely on screens to calm or occupy their children and are less likely to enforce consistent screen-time limits. The findings, published in Family Relations, suggest that
Sleep disorders don’t just exhaust you. A new study shows they change your brain. (opens the original)
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Sleep disorders may do more than leave people feeling tired. New research from FIU shows these sleep disorder effects are associated with structural changes in brain regions involved in attention, motivation and decision-making. The findings, published in the Nature Portfolio journal Scientific Reports, provide one of the most comprehensive looks to date at how different sleep disorders affect the brain and could help pave the way for earlier diagnosis and more targeted treatments. Sleep disorde
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