Tag: developmental

Study suggests attentive adults increase children’s ability to empathize

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… Read more »

Study finds new evidence that infants track others’ mental states

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… Read more »

Study suggests relationship between socioeconomic status and adult brain

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… Read more »

Study suggests young toddlers may learn more from interactive than noninteractive media

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… Read more »

Study looks at downside of being dubbed ‘class clown’

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… Read more »

Study links early numeracy performance of young kids to specific math activities at home

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… Read more »

Study assesses effectiveness of parenting strategies to reduce disruptive behavior in children

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… Read more »

Study suggests back-and-forth exchanges boost children’s brain response to language

From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: A landmark 1995 study found that children from higher-income families hear about 30 million more words during their first three years of… Read more »