From the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology press release: Children learn a huge number of words in the early preschool years. A two-year-old might be able to say just a handful of words, while…
From the Johns Hopkins University press release: A first-of-its-kind longitudinal study of infant curiosity found that months-old babies most captivated by magic tricks became the most curious toddlers, suggesting a pre-verbal baby’s level of interest…
From the Yale University press release: One trait shared by all humans is that they don’t remember specific life episodes that occurred before the age of 3 or 4. Many scientists have attributed this so-called…
From the University of Edinburgh press release: Babies can recognise combinations of words even before they have uttered their first word, a study suggests, challenging ideas of how children learn language. Assessments in 11-12 month-olds…
From the Université de Genève press release: Being socially and emotionally competent from an early age is likely to help children win acceptance by their peers, build better relationships with teachers, and facilitate academic learning.…
From the University of Cambridge press release: Children are more likely to introduce violent themes into their pretend play, such as imaginary fighting or killing, if they are with playmates whom peers consider bad-tempered, new…
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 Ruhr-University Bochum press release: If and how babies recall what they have learned depends on their mood: what they’ve learned when feeling calm is inaccessible when they’re active and vice versa. This was…
From the Ohio State University press release: Young children will pass up rewards they know they can collect to explore other options, a new study suggests. Researchers found that when adults and 4- to 5-year-old…
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…