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Infant Education Helps Depressed Moms Infants rely on parental interaction for stimulation and healthy development. Unfortunately, that interaction is often interrupted by the post-partum depression which affects about 30 percent of mothers. However, a new Canadian study published in this month... Continue reading Infant Education Helps Depressed Moms
Have Parents Been Duped By Educational Television? America's children are watching television before they can walk--or even sit up. One in five babies and children under the age of 2 now has their own television set in their room reports a survey of 1009 parents, and that number doubles by age 4. Other fin... Continue reading Have Parents Been Duped By Educational Television?
Infants Begin Learning Rules Of Speech At Seven Months From birth, babies show a preference for the sound of human speech over other sounds. Now, research published in Psychological Science shows that at just seven months, infants are already scanning what is said to them for patterns. The study presented infa... Continue reading Infants Begin Learning Rules Of Speech At Seven Months
Infants Have Theory of Mind By 13 Months New research shows that babies can read minds...sort of. Theory of Mind, the ability to recognize that others have their own thoughts and emotions, has long been a hot topic in the field of infant cognition. Famous developmental psychologist Jean Piaget ar... Continue reading Infants Have Theory of Mind By 13 Months
PsychBriefs: October 6-12, 2007 Medication May Treat Alcoholism Topiramate, an anticonvulsant used to control seizures, has been shown to perform better than a placebo in treating alcoholism. Researchers tested 371 alcohol-dependent men and women in a randomized 14-week trial and found th... Continue reading PsychBriefs: October 6-12, 2007
Toddlers Understand Whole Better Than Parts Children in the early stages of language acquisition are more likely to attribute new vocabulary to whole objects rather than parts, shows a new study. Continue reading Toddlers Understand Whole Better Than Parts
Infants Show Preference for Altruism Are we born samaritans? New research from Yale University suggests infants as young as six months old show a preference towards people whose actions make them "helpers" and not "hinderers." Continue reading Infants Show Preference for Altruism
Background Television May Impair Attention In Young Children A new study published in the journal Child Development shows homes with a T.V. always on may harm a young child's ability to focus--even if they're not actually watching it. Continue reading Background Television May Impair Attention In Young Children |
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