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In the case of mammals, it has been suggested that large, hearty adult body sizes favor the production of large, precocious young, which develop with a longer gestation period. Large young may be associated with migratory behavior, extended reproductive period, and reduced litter size.
Precocious may refer to: Precocious (horse) (1981–2006), a British Thoroughbred racehorse; Precocious puberty, a developmental disorder; Precocious toddler, a legal ...
In medicine, precocious puberty is puberty occurring at an unusually early age. In most cases, the process is normal in every aspect except the unusually early age and simply represents a variation of normal development .
What is precocious puberty, and what are the first signs? Precocious means early or premature. When doctors talk about precocious puberty, they mean any signs of sexual maturity happening earlier ...
A monograph by Eugen Bleuler on dementia praecox (1911). Dementia praecox (meaning a "premature dementia" or "precocious madness") is a disused psychiatric diagnosis that originally designated a chronic, deteriorating psychotic disorder characterized by rapid cognitive disintegration, usually beginning in the late teens or early adulthood.
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Hyperlexia is a syndrome characterized by a child's precocious ability to read.It was initially identified by Norman E. Silberberg and Margaret C. Silberberg (1967), who defined it as the precocious ability to read words without prior training in learning to read, typically before the age of five.