Tag: babies

Study suggests thoughts on body image in pregnancy may be an important indicator of emotional wellbeing

From the University of York press release: Researchers have shown that a new way of assessing women’s relationship with their bodies during pregnancy could help predict how well the mother… Read more »

Study suggests adverse events during first years of life may have greatest effect on future mental health

From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release: A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study has found evidence that children under 3 years old are most the vulnerable to the effects of… Read more »

Study suggests infants’ advances in speech processing play role in language-cognition link

From the Northwestern University press release: A new Northwestern University study provides the first evidence that infants’ increasingly precise perceptual tuning to the sounds of their native language sets constraints… Read more »

Study suggests IQ is a better predictor of adult economic success than math

From the University of Tennessee at Knoxville press release: IQ in childhood is a better indicator of adult wealth than math for very preterm and very low-weight babies, according to… Read more »

Study suggests five-month-olds can make judgments about relationships through co-laughter

From the New York University press release: Infants as young as five months can differentiate laughter between friends and that between strangers, finds a new study by researchers at New… Read more »

Study suggests maternal interactions may help shape the same brain region adults use for vocal emotion processing

From the PLOS press release: The same brain network that adults use when they hear angry vocalizations is at work in infants as young as six months old, an effect… Read more »