August NICHD Director's Podcast Now Online

The August 2012 NICHD Research Perspectives, the NICHD’s monthly podcast, is now online.  The August podcast features research on how the stresses of poverty may affect learning in young children, the effects of fetal alcohol exposure, and how the ability to estimate quantities changes across the lifespan.

Research Perspectives is a monthly podcast providing updates on the latest scientific findings from the institute.  Each month, NICHD Director Alan E. Guttmacher talks with NICHD scientists and program staff about findings from their areas of expertise.  The series provides a means for researchers to go beyond the descriptions in news releases, to discuss the implications of the research, what the findings may mean for patients and members of the public, as well as what direction future studies might take.

The August podcast is available at http:// www.nichd.nih.gov/researchperspectives/ and the transcript at http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/overview/directors_corner/Pages/transcript_perspectives_082912.aspx.

Previous NICHD Research Perspectives are available at http:// www.nichd.nih.gov/researchperspectives/.

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About the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): The NICHD sponsors research on development, before and after birth; maternal, child, and family health; reproductive biology and population issues; and medical rehabilitation.  For more information, visit the Institute’s Web site at http://www.nichd.nih.gov/.

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