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…
From the University of Cambridge press release: Parents should not feel pressured to make their young children undertake structured learning or achieve specific tasks, particularly during lockdown. A new study of children under the age…
From the New York University press release: Children who experience “dependent” or clingy relationships with their preschool teachers tend to also have difficulties in their relationships with their mothers finds researchers at the NYU Steinhardt…
From the Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona press release: Adults talk to babies differently from how we would speak to other adults. Compared to how adults speak, speech directed at babies tends to have a…
From the Ohio State University press release: Researchers — and parents — have long known that babies learn to speak by mimicking the words they hear. But a new study shows that babies also might…
From the University of Washington press release: Used in virtually all of the world’s languages, parentese is a speaking style that draws baby’s attention. Parents adopt its simple grammar and words, plus its exaggerated sounds,…
From the Princeton University press release: Have you ever played with a baby and felt a sense of connection, even though they couldn’t yet talk to you? New research suggests that you might quite literally…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that digital storybooks that animate upon a child’s vocalization offer beneficial learning opportunities, especially for children with less developed attention regulation. “Digital…
From the University of East Anglia press release: Children may learn new words better when they learn them in the context of other words they are just learning — according to new research from the…