Screen Strain: Why The TV Your Kids See Does Matter
The average infant watches more than an hour of television per day. What does that media do to a still-developing brain?
View ArticleThe Keyboard’s Strange Impact On Your Baby’s Name
What do Liam, Noah, and Sophia all have in common? They’re all typed primarily with the right hand on a keyboard. Researchers are figuring out why.
View ArticleWinter Babies Are On the Move
A new study reveals that babes born in the winter months tend to crawl earlier than their summer-born counterparts – showing how environment can shape early experiences.
View ArticleBrain-Training Toys for the Baby Crowd?
New research zooms in on the ways that babies focus on sounds they’ll later use for understanding and producing language. Could this lead the way for evidence-based language toys?
View ArticleWhat Makes A Child Prodigy?
Researchers are delving into the minds of extremely gifted children – the types that can play a piano concerto at age 6 or talk in full sentences at 9 months.
View ArticleBrains, Brains (Piglet) Brains!
Researchers have created a vast library of piglet brain scans, so they can figure out the effects of pre- and post-natal events on brain development.
View ArticlePretty Big Liars: How Kids Tell Who’s Telling the Truth
New research shows that around age 5, children start to separate confident liars from hesitant truth-tellers.
View ArticleWhat’s that, again? How short, repeated phrases may further your tots’ speech
Researchers find that repeating short phrases – the kind used every day – lead to improvements in kids’ language later in life.
View ArticleLearning to Hear With Their Brains
Auditory brainstem implants, now being tested in children, could give hearing to deaf people.
View ArticleNurturing a Baby’s Microbiome, Before and After Birth
The microbiome is important for health all through life, and scientists are increasingly turning their attention to good bugs for babies.
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Kindergarteners Who Share May Be Successful in the Long Run
sharing kidsGemsling, via flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gemsling/338385210/)Kindergarteners who can share and cooperate are more likely to be employed, out of legal trouble and not abusing...
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The Keyboard’s Strange Impact On Your Baby’s Name
How can typing impact your decision to name your kid Leo instead of Sam?Angelina, via flickrParenthood is filled with emotional, semi-rational decisions, and none of these is more visceral than naming...
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Winter Babies Are On the Move
Etolane, via flickrIt has nothing to do with astrology, but babies born in the winter do have some special qualities: they crawl on average a month earlier than babies born in the summer months.The...
View ArticleBrain-Training Toys for the Baby Crowd?
Video of fJ3yZDoRwOsLong before goos and gah turn into recognizable words, baby brains are hard at work distinguishing the sounds of their home language, and creating connections that will support...
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What Makes A Child Prodigy?
Jackson Latke, via flickrLittle Wolfgang Mozart was born to a musical family, but even they were impressed by his young talents. At age 3, he was following along in his older sister’s piano books, and...
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Brains, Brains (Piglet) Brains!
Piglet brains may help answer questions about human infant development.University of Illinois/Pig Imaging GroupBaby braaaaaaains are difficult to study, given the fact that they reside within baby...
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Pretty Big Liars: How Kids Tell Who’s Telling the Truth
You might be lying, but how do I know?Phil Dragash, via flickrRemember that uncle who convinced you that your nose was actually in his hand? Or your conviction that you definitely heard reindeer hooves...
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What’s that, again? How short, repeated phrases may further your tots’ speech
ld_germain/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0Ball! Look at the ball! The ball is blue!When parents talk to babies, it can sound like a mind-numbing repetition of words and terms – but research is starting to show...
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Learning to Hear With Their Brains
Angelica ABIAngelica Lopez uses an auditory brain implant to hear the world -- even though she doesn't have an auditory nerve.Keck School of Medicine Angelica laughs, and holds a small shaker near her...
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Nurturing a Baby’s Microbiome, Before and After Birth
A health worker lifts a baby in a hospital. Researchers are finding out how important bacteria is to infant health.Nahuel Berger / World BankAs humans, we’re more bug than person – 90% of the cells in...
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