Pediatrics
Parents learn, babies talk: How coaching moms and dads improves infants' language skills
When it comes to helping infants learn to talk, it's not just how much parents say, but how they say it.
Nov 26, 2018
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Developmental Science
Psychology & Psychiatry
Scientists use AI to develop better predictions of why children struggle at school
Scientists using machine learning—a type of artificial intelligence—with data from hundreds of children who struggle at school, identified clusters of learning difficulties which did not match the previous diagnosis the ...
Sep 30, 2018
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Pediatrics
Infants can use a few labeled examples to spark the acquisition of object categories
Even before infants begin to speak, hearing language promotes object categorization. Hearing the same label, "That's a dog!" applied to a diverse set of objects—a collie, a terrier, a pug—promotes infants' acquisition ...
Sep 19, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Training for parents referred to CPS improves toddler's physiological regulation
A parental training program for families referred to Child Protective Services improved toddlers' unconscious reactions to mildly stressful situations, as well as improving parents' behavior, according to a new study by researchers ...
Aug 28, 2018
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Neuroscience
Pucker up, baby! Lips take center stage in infants' brains, study says
A typically developing 2-month-old baby can make cooing sounds, suck on her hand to calm down and smile at people.
Jul 9, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Infants of mind-minded parents better at regulating emotions
Most parents want their children to learn to regulate their emotions and, for example, not immediately give up after a disappointment or become hysterical when they don't get their way. New research by a team of child development ...
Jun 20, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Minority children develop implicit racial bias in early childhood
New research from York University suggests that minority children as young as six years old show an implicit pro-White racial bias when exposed to images of both White and Black children. But how ingrained these biases become ...
May 14, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Babies' babbling betters brains, language
Babies are adept at getting what they need - including an education. New research shows that babies organize mothers' verbal responses, which promotes more effective language instruction, and infant babbling is the key.
Jan 18, 2018
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Neuroscience
A 'touching sight': How babies' brains process touch builds foundations for learning
Touch is the first of the five senses to develop, yet scientists know far less about the baby's brain response to touch than to, say, the sight of mom's face, or the sound of her voice.
Jan 16, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Babies can use context to look for things, study demonstrates
Just six months into the world, babies already have the capacity to learn, remember and use contextual cues in a scene to guide their search for objects of interest, such as faces, a new Brown University study shows.
Nov 1, 2017
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