Tag: developmental psychology

Study looks at how infants process their mothers’ responses

From the Cornell University press release: Babies are adept at getting what they need — including an education. New research shows that babies organize mothers’ verbal responses, which promotes more… Read more »

Study suggests parental sensitivity strong predictor of healthy infant-parent attachment

From the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UVA) press release: Researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) are one step closer to understanding how infants become securely attached to their parents. In… Read more »

Study suggests how babies’ brains process touch builds foundations for learning

From the University of Washington press release: Touch is the first of the five senses to develop, yet scientists know far less about the baby’s brain response to touch than… Read more »

Study suggests intervention offered in school readiness program boosts children’s self-regulation skills

From the Oregon State University press release: Adding a daily 20 to 30 minute self-regulation intervention to a kindergarten readiness program significantly boosted children’s self-regulation and early academic skills, an… Read more »

Study suggests certain books can increase infant learning during shared reading

From the University of Florida press release: Parents and pediatricians know that reading to infants is a good thing, but new research shows reading books that clearly name and label… Read more »

Study suggests infant brain responses predict reading speed in secondary school

From the University of Jyväskylä press release: A study conducted at the Department of Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland and Jyväskylä Centre for Interdisciplinary Brain Research (CIBR) has… Read more »

Holding infants – or not – can leave traces on their genes

From the University of British Columbia press release: The amount of close and comforting contact between infants and their caregivers can affect children at the molecular level, an effect detectable… Read more »

Study suggests babies can determine the value of a goal from how hard someone works to achieve it

From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Babies as young as 10 months can assess how much someone values a particular goal by observing how hard they are willing… Read more »

Study suggests hearing different accents at home impacts language processing in infants

From the University at Buffalo press release: Infants raised in homes where they hear a single language, but spoken with different accents, recognize words dramatically differently at about 12 months… Read more »