From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Being exposed to arguments between parents is associated with the way babies’ brains process emotional tone of voice, according to a new study to be published in…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers are digging deeper into whether infants’ ability to learn new words is shaped by the particular language being acquired. A new Northwestern University study cites a…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Infants as young as nine months old prefer individuals who are nice to people like them and mean to people who aren’t like them, according to a…
From the UC Davis press release via EurekAlert!: Children as young as 3 years old know when they are not sure about a decision, and can use that uncertainty to guide decision making, according to…
From the UBC press release via EurekAlert!: Babies as young as seven months can distinguish between, and begin to learn, two languages with vastly different grammatical structures, according to new research from the University of…
From the Iowa State University press release via ScienceDaily: Most parents carefully select what television programs and movies their children can watch. But a study in the latest Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology found that…
From the Plataforma SINC press release via AlphaGalileo: Spanish researchers have studied adults’ accuracy in the recognition of the emotion causing babies to cry. Eye movement and the dynamic of the cry play a key…
From the University of Oxford press release via EurekAlert!: Genes linked to autism and schizophrenia are only switched on during the early stages of brain development, according to a study in mice led by researchers…
From the Virginia Tech press release via EurekAlert!: The founder of a decades-long scientific study that has proved the enduring benefits of early education today (Feb. 15, 2013) applauded President Barack Obama’s recent call for…
From the Stanford University press release by Brooke Donald via HealthCanal: Toddlers who heard praise commending their efforts were more likely as older children to prefer challenges than those who heard praise directed at them…