FeaturedNeuroscience·August 8, 2022·4 min readDeciphering a Baby’s Cries of Pain Is Not an Innate Ability and Must Be LearnedA human's ability to interpret the cries of a baby in pain isn't innate but learned from experience.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 29, 2022·7 min readHelping Babies to Sleep MoreParenting skill training can help multiple babies in the same family sleep longer, providing much-needed extra rest for the parents.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 20, 2022·4 min readNew Research Challenges Established Ideas About Infant CryingThe duration of a baby's crying decreases significantly after five weeks of age, but crying remains an important part of a child's communication repertoire after the age of six months.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 16, 2021·3 min readResearchers Find Human Infant Brains and Bodies Are Active During New Sleep StageInfants produce sleep spindles every 10 second, whether in REM or non-REM sleep. Sleep spindles and twitching are synchronized, allowing for twitch reactions to occur during non-REM sleep in infants.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 4, 2021·5 min readGut Bacteria Connected to How Babies Experience FearStudy reveals a significant association between an infant's gut microbiome and their fear response.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 6, 2021·4 min readExercise Aids the Cognitive Development of Children Born PretermUsing exercise programs that help boost motor skills can help reduce problems with impulse control and aid cognitive development in children born preterm.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 26, 2021·6 min readCan a Newborn’s Brain Discriminate Speech Sounds?It's a question most new parents ponder, can a newborn baby discriminate between speech sounds? Researchers found newborn babies encode voice pitch comparable to adults exposed to a new language for three years. However, there are some differences when it comes to distinguishing between spectral and temporal fine structures of certain sounds.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 25, 2021·6 min readBabies Surviving Group B Strep More Likely to Require Special Educational SupportChildren infected with Group B Strep during the birth process are more likely to experience neurodevelopmental disorders and require ongoing special educational support than their peers who were not infected with GBS.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 3, 2020·4 min readBaby’s First Breath Triggers Life-Saving Changes in the BrainA baby's first breath triggers a signaling system in the brainstem that helps support early breathing. The findings shed light on how problems with this neuropeptide system can increase the risk of SIDS.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 25, 2020·3 min readBabies know when you imitate them, and like itBy the age of six months, infants can recognize when an adult imitates them and perceive the imitator as more friendly.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 20, 2020·4 min readInfant temperament predicts personality more than 20 years laterThe temperament of your infant could determine their personality and social behaviors almost three decades later, a new study reports. Infants with higher levels of behavioral inhibition at 14 months grew up to be more reserved and introverted as adults.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 7, 2020·3 min readBabies retain even detailed events during a napA short nap allows babies to generalize individual experiences, preserve the details of the experience, and differentiate the events from existing general knowledge.Read More
