maturational process.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Separating and individuating refer to the maturational step of becoming a separate person, with clear self-other boundaries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinical Work with Adolescents] Reference

“On the evidence for maturational constraints in second-language acquisition”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Innateness and Language] Reference

This presents a unique opportunity to investigate how literacy changes the brain, without the maturational ….    From Wordnik.com.  [Literacy News – 178th Edition « News « Literacy News] Reference

Klein ultimately designated this maturational move as a shift from a ‘paranoid-schizoid position’ to a ‘depressive position’.    From Wordnik.com.  [Melanie Klein.] Reference

“Critical period effects in 2nd language-learning - the influence of maturational state on the acquisition of english as a 2nd language.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Innateness and Language] Reference

'The situation of the growing brain might deserve special concern, since biological and maturational processes are particularly vulnerable,' Salford said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: November 16, 2003 - November 22, 2003 Archives] Reference

Concealed in this behavior, they say, is a need for acceptance and to be liked and loved, which is a healthy desire that has always been a part of the maturational process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Technology Making Children More Empathic?] Reference

I'm pleased that our growth efforts in the CMw District really focus on the other dimensions of growth maturational, organic, incarnational, trusting that the numbers will follow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philocrites: Sixteen fastest growing churches.] Reference

The retreat from and relapse in development occurs when a predetermined maturational step and/or a need to cope with stress confronts the young person with difficulties that he or she is unable to master.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinical Work with Adolescents] Reference

Dr. SUSAN TAPERT (Psychiatry, University of California San Diego): First of all, the adolescent brain is still undergoing several maturational processes that render it more vulnerable to some of the effects of substances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teen Drinking May Cause Irreversible Brain Damage] Reference

The narcissistic preoccupations and transference phenomena of the adolescent patient are not necessarily pathologic, but rather, necessary maturational phenomena in the course of normal growth and within the treatment process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinical Work with Adolescents] Reference

Brumberg argues that just as this was happening,American cultural understandings of menstruationturned itinto a hygiene problem, not a maturational milestone, meaning we give girls information about tampons and sanitary pads but not much about what these changes really mean.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHANGING BIOLOGY: AGE AT FIRST MENSTRUATION » Sociological Images] Reference

CH: We don't know if this is a generational or maturational issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 463: Inside Tech Policy] Reference

(the maturational processes involved in the behavior) and evolution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Animal Cognition] Reference

Or the QE drive and the horrible things it does to people in maturational stasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recent Galleries - Worth1000 RSS Feed] Reference

"Kindergarten curriculum is very demanding, and some are less successful when they don't have that maturational readiness.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Whittier Daily News Most Viewed] Reference

I posit that a result can be the prolongation or acceleration of maturation, accompanied by changes in the timing of maturational events.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums] Reference

Dental maturational sequence and dental tissue proportions in the early Upper Paleolithic child from Abrigo do Lagar Velho, Portugal - PNAS.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anthropology.net] Reference

But, I do agree that the maturational issue is why internet "broadcasting" by teens, whether it's texting, Facebook or other ... is particularly dangerous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Techdirt] Reference

"First of all, the adolescent brain is still undergoing several maturational processes that render it more vulnerable to some of the effects of substances," Tapert says.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

"The adolescent brain is still undergoing several maturational processes that render it more vulnerable to some of the effects of substances," Tapert told National Public Radio.    From Wordnik.com.  [AOL News Collection:All top stories collection] Reference

The Palestinian leaders and are the maturational equivalent of a kid smacking another unprovoked when nobody is looking, and then demanding a sympathetic response when they retaliate.    From Wordnik.com.  [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference

Interestingly, postnatal treatment with dexamethasone in combination with antioxidant vitamins did not prevent the maturational effects of glucocorticoids, but it markedly improved neonatal survival.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

It has been proposed that the trajectory of postnatal development in these regions may undergo accelerated maturational alterations that predominantly affect sensory recognition and social interaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

The patterns of elevated power in low frequency and decreased power in high-frequency EEG observed in these studies have been interpreted as representing a maturational lag in the development of the EEG.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Aside from agranulocytosis, the bone marrow and blood show a number of other abnormalities (including maturational arrest of neutrophil precursors at the promyelocyte stage, absolute monocytosis, eosinophilia and thrombocytosis).    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to PPD and Microsoft to Deliver Innovative REMS Solution Based on Microsoft Technologies] Reference

We used electrophysiological, histological, and behavioural techniques to investigate if the known neuronal maturational promoter valproate, similar to that in culture systems, can influence the normal developmental trajectory of TeA in vivo.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Taken together, the data suggest that combined glucocorticoid and antioxidant treatment may diminish some of the adverse consequences of postnatal glucocorticoid therapy on mortality and on vascular function while maintaining maturational effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

By watching what two known cancer-promoting proteins did to blood-forming stem cells, Duke researchers believe they have seen one protein speeding up cell division, and another controlling the maturational state of cells that are produced -- both hallmarks of cancerous growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria] Reference

"But our findings are the first to show that these specialized neural circuits are there as early as preschool years, and that maturational changes in these areas are associated with preschoolers 'abilities to think about their social world in increasingly sophisticated ways.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

This isn’t to say that the “maturational” function of toys vanished.    From Wordnik.com.  [Extreme Parenting] Reference

˜maturational factors™ or ˜performance factors.™.    From Wordnik.com.  [Innateness and Language] Reference

4) Reconciling maturational change in functional connectivity with the putative distributed to local shift.    From Wordnik.com.  [Developing Intelligence] Reference