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By matching those physiological signals with what was happening behaviorally, the team could begin identifying the subtle shifts that happen as a child moves from calm toward distress and then back to calm.
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Mayo Clinic News Network, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
As an adult, however, Feldman entered a decades-long stint in the tabloid wilderness, working as an actor only intermittently after struggles with addiction and the trauma of alleged abuse as a child in the film industry.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
Barrios, who trained as a child at the Eastside Boys and Girls Club in San Antonio, was a relatively low-profile champion who is now facing fighters the caliber of Davis, Keith Thurman, Yordenis Ugás and Pacquiao.
—Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Although Brown doesn’t want the only focus of her campaign to be child care, her role as a child care provider and advocate catalyzed her decision to run.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
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Mayo Clinic News Network, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
As an adult, however, Feldman entered a decades-long stint in the tabloid wilderness, working as an actor only intermittently after struggles with addiction and the trauma of alleged abuse as a child in the film industry.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
Barrios, who trained as a child at the Eastside Boys and Girls Club in San Antonio, was a relatively low-profile champion who is now facing fighters the caliber of Davis, Keith Thurman, Yordenis Ugás and Pacquiao.
—Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Although Brown doesn’t want the only focus of her campaign to be child care, her role as a child care provider and advocate catalyzed her decision to run.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
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“As a child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20a%20child. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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