First 1,000 days vital to fulfilling childhood potential
Safeguarding the healthy development of the next generation is vital for the long term success of the United Nation’s Millennium Development goals. New research in … Read more
developmental psychology
Caring for animals may correlate with positive traits in young adults
Young adults who care for an animal may have stronger social relationships and connection to their communities, according to a paper published online today in Applied … Read more
Babies can detect language differences
Babies can detect language differences – understanding that people who speak different languages use words differently. In a recent study at the University of Auckland, infants … Read more
Age changes how young children read social cues
From infancy, children learn by watching and imitating adults. Even when adults show them how to open a latch or solve a puzzle, for example, … Read more
In life and baseball, people love ‘The Naturals’
As baseball playoffs begin this week, Yale psychologists have a prediction: Your favorite player is likely to be a natural talent rather than someone who … Read more
The verdict on tiger-parenting? Studies point to poor mental health
Long before Amy Chua’s provocative 2011 memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, raised the bar for tough-love parenting, psychologists at UC Berkeley were studying … Read more
Body Perception Differs in Children and Adults
Children’s sense of having and owning a body differs from that of adults, indicating that our sense of physical self develops over time, according to … Read more
Anxious people may not be sensitive enough
Anxious people have long been classified as “hypersensitive” — they’re thought to be more fearful and feel threatened more easily than their counterparts. But new … Read more
New research finds number talk is important before preschool
The amount of time parents spend talking about numbers has a much bigger impact on how young children learn mathematics than was previously known, researchers at the University of Chicago have found.
For example, children whose parents talked more…
Parents should talk about math early and often with their children
The amount of time parents spend talking about numbers has a much bigger impact on how young children learn mathematics than was previously known, researchers at the University of Chicago have found.
For example, children whose parents ta…
Autistic children are not good at covering up their lies: Queen’s University study
Children with autism will tell white lies to protect other people’s feelings and they are not very good at covering up their lies, according to a Queen’s University study.
The study, conducted by psychology professor Beth Kelley and developmental p…
