Tag: developmental psychology

Study suggests the presence of friends can mitigate effects of negative experiences

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From the Concordia University press release: ‘Stand by me’ is a common refrain when it comes to friendship but new research from Concordia University proves that the concept goes beyond… Read more »

Study suggests infants are equipped with knowledge of “intuitive physics”

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From the University of Missouri press release: While it may appear that infants are helpless creatures that only blink, eat, cry and sleep, one University of Missouri researcher says that… Read more »

Study suggests babies intuitively grasp adult notions of reward and punishment

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From the Temple University press release: Babies embrace nice characters over those who are bad. That’s according to a new study co-authored by Temple psychology postdoctoral fellow Neha Mahajan with… Read more »

Study suggests infants can gauge presence of intent from tone of voice

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From the Cardiff University press release via MedicalXPress: Infants can understand the difference between intentional and accidental actions from tone of voice alone, new research by the Cardiff University School… Read more »

Study looks at how kids use language to make sense of the world around them

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From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Two vital parts of mentally organizing the world are classification, or the understanding that similar things belong in the same category; and… Read more »

Study suggests children don’t use labels to classify the way adults do

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From the Ohio State University press release by Jeff Grabmeier: New research challenges the conventional thinking that young children use language just as adults do to help classify and understand… Read more »

Study points to differences in the way toddlers and adults listen to their own voices

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From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: When grown-ups and kids speak, they listen to the sound of their voice and make corrections based on that auditory feedback. But… Read more »

Study suggests that how mothers talk can influence their kids’ ability to take someone else’s perspective

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From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert!: Young children whose mothers talk with them more frequently and in more detail about people’s thoughts and feelings… Read more »