anxiety: A nervous reaction to events causing excessive uneasiness and apprehension. People with anxiety may even develop panic attacks.
attention: The phenomenon of focusing mental resources on a specific object or event.
autism: (sometimes referred to as autism spectrum disorder, or ASD) It’s the term for an alternate form of brain development that affects how the brain processes and interprets sensory information to understand the world. Affected brain regions direct how people behave, interact and communicate with others and the environment around them.
behavior: The way something, often a person or other organism, acts towards others, or conducts itself.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC): An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC is charged with protecting public health and safety by working to control and prevent disease, injury and disabilities. It does this by investigating disease outbreaks, tracking exposures by Americans to infections and toxic chemicals, and regularly surveying diet and other habits among a representative cross-section of all Americans.
culture: (n. in social science) The sum total of typical behaviors and social practices of a related group of people (such as a tribe or nation). Their culture includes their beliefs, values and the symbols that they accept and/or use. Culture is passed on from generation to generation through learning. Scientists once thought culture to be exclusive to humans. Now they recognize some other animals show signs of culture as well, including dolphins and primates.
data: Facts and/or statistics collected together for analysis but not necessarily organized in a way that gives them meaning.
develop: To emerge or to make come into being, either naturally or through human intervention, such as by manufacturing. (in biology) To grow as an organism from conception through adulthood, often undergoing changes in chemistry, size, mental maturity or sometimes even…
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