Tag: babies

Study suggests newborn babies have inbuilt ability to pick out words

From the University of Liverpool press release: Newborn babies are born with the innate skills needed to pick out words from language, a new study published inĀ Developmental ScienceĀ reveals. Before infants… Read more »

Study suggests mothers whose responses to infants’ facial cues increase report stronger bonds with babies

From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: The transition to motherhood triggers changes in mothers’ brain structure that may facilitate bonding with their infants. While many studies… Read more »

Study suggests babies have the ability to recognize very complex grammatical structures

From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: Human language follows certain regularities. For instance, a plural noun must be accompanied by a plural verb,… Read more »

Study suggests infants more likely to learn when with a peer

From the University of Connecticut press release: Infants are more likely to learn from on-screen instruction when paired with another infant as opposed to viewing the lesson alone, according to… Read more »

Study finds new evidence that infants track others’ mental states

From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: A brain-imaging study offers new support for the idea that infants can accurately track other people’s beliefs. When 7-month-old infants in… Read more »