A pilot study of the utility of a hospital-based school program for pediatric patients with cardiac diagnoses

IntroductionPediatric patients with complex cardiac diagnoses are at increased risk for physical, cognitive, and developmental complications.Formalized school support [i.e., individualized education programs (IEPs), Section 504 Accommodation Plans (Section 504 Plans)] that addresses the needs of these patients is necessary, and hospital-based schoo

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Monkey pulvinar neurons fire differentially to snake postures.

There is growing evidence from both behavioral and neurophysiological approaches that primates are able to rapidly discriminate visually between snakes and innocuous stimuli.Recent behavioral evidence suggests that primates are also able to discriminate the level of threat posed by snakes, by responding more intensely to a snake model poised to str

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