From the University of Waterloo press release: Children as young as age three are able to make judgements about who owns an object based on its location, according to a study from the University of…
From the University of Washington press release: Research shows that the more skills children bring with them to kindergarten — in basic math, reading, even friendship and cooperation — the more likely they will succeed…
From the Lund University press release: For human beings to function socially, they need to be able to perceive, understand, and talk about others’ mental states, such as beliefs, desires and intentions. There is no…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: A brain-imaging study offers new support for the idea that infants can accurately track other people’s beliefs. When 7-month-old infants in the study viewed videos of…
From the University of Texas at Dallas press release: Research has shown that a developing child’s brain structure and function can be adversely affected when the child is raised in an environment lacking adequate education,…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Preschoolers can learn a lot from educational television, but younger toddlers may learn more from interactive digital media (such as video chats and touchscreen mobile…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Class clowns’ off-task antics amuse and delight their classmates during first and second grades, making them the most sought-after playmates on the playground in early elementary…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Shortly after they turn 1, most babies begin to help others, whether by handing their mother an object out of her reach or giving a…
From the Frontiers press release: New research links specific numerical activities undertaken by parents to certain math skills in young children. Published today in open-access journal Frontiers in Psychology, the study also finds that the more…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Most parenting programs aim to teach parents how to reduce their children’s disruptive behavior. New research looked at more than 150 studies of these programs,…