Tag: babies

Study suggests pacifiers may stunt the emotional development of baby boys

From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via EurekAlert!: Pacifiers may stunt the emotional development of baby boys by robbing them of the opportunity to try on facial expressions during… Read more »

Study suggests babies’ ability to detect complex rules in language outshines that of adults

From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release via EurekAlert!: New research examining auditory mechanisms of language learning in babies has revealed that infants as young as three months of age are able… Read more »

Study suggests passive smoking also affects neurodevelopment in babies

From the Plataforma SINC press release via AlphaGalileo: A new study shows that newborns that have been exposed to nicotine from both active and passive smoking mothers show poor physiological,… Read more »

Study suggests pregnancy duration predicts stress response in the first months of life

From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release: After waking up, the concentration of the stress hormone cortisol in saliva rises considerably; this is true not only for grown-ups but for babies… Read more »

Study suggests infants’ avoidance of drop-off reflects specific motor ability, not fear

From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers have long studied infants’ perceptions of safe and risky ground by observing their willingness to cross a… Read more »

Study finds that infants’ recognition of speech is more sophisticated than previously known

From the New York University press release via EurekAlert!: The ability of infants to recognize speech is more sophisticated than previously known, researchers in New York University’s Department of Psychology… Read more »