FeaturedMost PopularPsychology·October 28, 2015·4 min readSinging To Babies Calms Them Longer Than TalkingIf you want to keep an infant calm, sing to it. New research reports infants remained calm twice as long when they listened to a song as they did when they listened to speech.Read More
Featured·October 27, 2015·5 min readWeight and Activity Level Factors in Children’s Ability to ThinkAccording to a new study, physical activity levels and weight are both important factors in a child's ability to acquire and use knowledge.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 26, 2015·3 min readStudying Development of Inner Ear Could Help Restore Hearing and BalanceResearchers identify two genes that help produce hair cells in the inner ears of mice.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 22, 2015·4 min readBabies’ Babbles Reflect Their Own Involvement in Language DevelopmentA baby's repetitive babbling is influenced by the infant's ability to hear itself.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 19, 2015·3 min readTickled Pink? Why Babies Don’t Experience Tickles the Way We Think They DoInfants in the first four months of life feel when people tickle them and wiggle their feet without connecting the sensation to that person, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·October 19, 2015·3 min readRisk for Weaker Brain Connections in Preterm BabiesA new study reports preterm babies could be at increased risk of psychological and neurological problems due to weakened connections in certain brain networks linked to emotion, attention and communication.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 14, 2015·4 min readGestational Diabetes Slows Fetal Brain Response After EatingAccording to a new study, unborn children of mothers with gestational diabetes tend to have slower reaction to auditory stimuli, directly after the mother eats, than fetuses of mothers without the disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 12, 2015·3 min readHold the Teethers: Babies Need Free Tongue Movement to Decipher Speech SoundsA new study finds a surprising link between an infant's oral motor movements and auditory speech perception.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 12, 2015·5 min readShort Term Use of Lithium Effective and Safe for Children with Bipolar DisorderAccording to a new study, lithium appears to be safe and effective in treating bipolar disorder in children, at least in the short term.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 9, 2015·3 min readFragmented Infant Sleep Could Predict Problematic Toddler BehaviorA new study reports fragmented sleep patterns in infants could be a predictor of future behavioral problems.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 7, 2015·3 min readChildren of Anxious Parents Play Violent Video Games More OftenAccording to a new study, parents who are more emotional and anxious are more likely to allow their children to play violent video games more often than parents who are warm and restrictive.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 3, 2015·3 min readLet Kids be Kids: Giving Kids Caregiving Roles Makes Them Less Sensitive as ParentsA new study reports that young girls who are forced to take on burdensome care-giving roles become less sensitive to their own children's needs than kids who are allowed to just be kids.Read More
