From the Johns Hopkins University press release: When a baby reaches for one stuffed animal in a room filled with others just like it, that seemingly random choice is very bad news for those unpicked…
From the Ohio State University press release: A five-minute role-play done with men before the birth of their first child predicted the quality of their parenting after the baby arrived, a new study showed. Researchers…
From the Lund University press release: Six-month old infants recognize when adults imitate them, and perceive imitators as more friendly, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The babies looked and smiled…
From the York University press release: There’s a common belief that musicians are born with a natural ability to play music, while most of us have to work twice as hard to hear the difference…
From the University of Cambridge press release: Parents should not feel pressured to make their young children undertake structured learning or achieve specific tasks, particularly during lockdown. A new study of children under the age…
From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release: Researchers investigating how temperament shapes adult life-course outcomes have found that behavioral inhibition in infancy predicts a reserved, introverted personality at age 26. For those individuals…
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: The brain is permanently exposed to new impressions. Even when sleeping, it does not rest and processes recent experiences. In very early…
From the Washington State University press release: Infants from rural families tend to display negative emotions such as anger and frustration more frequently than their urban counterparts, according to a recent study in the Journal of…
From the Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona press release: Adults talk to babies differently from how we would speak to other adults. Compared to how adults speak, speech directed at babies tends to have a…
From the BMJ press release: Persistent sleep difficulties during the first 12 months of life are linked to a heightened risk of developing childhood anxieties and emotional disorders, indicates research published online in the Archives of…