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…
From the University of Missouri press release via HealthCanal: Researchers long have evaluated the roles parents play in children’s development. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found that mothers’ directiveness, the extent to…
From the Concordia University press release: Language mixing – using elements from two languages in the same sentence – is frequent among bilingual parents and could pose a challenge for vocabulary acquisition by one- and…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via AlphaGalileo: Most parents do not worry if their young child has an imaginary friend and even see advantages in such an invisible companion. These are the…
From the Boston College press release via EurekAlert!: A new study that looked at more than 75,000 children in day care in Norway found little evidence that the amount of time a child spends in…
From the University of Rochester press release via MedicalXpress: Using brain scans of children and adults watching Sesame Street, cognitive scientists are learning how children’s brains change as they develop intellectual abilities like reading and…
From the National Science Foundation (NSF) press release via MedicalXpress: Parents and babies smile, laugh and coo at each other, but scientists still have a lot of questions about how these interactions help infants develop.…
From the North Dakota State University press release via MedicalXpress: A new study by Rebecca J. Woods, assistant professor in the human development and family science department at North Dakota State University, shows sitting up,…
From the Stanford University Medical Center press release by Max Mcclure via MedicalXpress: Using brain-monitoring technology, Stanford psychology researchers have discovered that infant brains respond to faces in much the same way as adult brains…