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·October 25, 2019·3 min read

Babies understand counting years earlier than believed

Counting directs an infant's attention to numerical aspects of their environment, proving they recognize counting as numerically relevant years before acquiring the meaning of number words.

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·July 29, 2019·2 min read

Babies display empathy for victims as early as 6 months

Children as young as 6 months can show empathy for victims. The findings debunk the theory that the ability to empathize only develops after one year of age.

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·July 3, 2019·3 min read

Infants 10 to 16 months old prefer those who yield in conflicts

In staged confrontations between two puppets, infants under 18 months preferred the one who deferred. However, older children preferred the victors.

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·December 14, 2018·4 min read

Parents’ Brain Activity Echoes Their Infant’s When Playing Together

When parents play with their child, their brains show similar bursts of brain activity. The activity is linked to their baby's attention patterns, and not their own, researchers report.

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·September 4, 2018·3 min read

Bully or Leader? Even Infants Can Tell the Difference

Study confirms infants can detect differences in power between individuals and expect those differences to endure over time. Researchers say, at 21 months old, a child can distinguish between respect based power asserted by a leader and fear based power asserted by bullies.

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·July 9, 2018·5 min read

Pucker Up Baby! Lips Take Center Stage in Infants’ Brains

At 60 days old, the infant brain shows greater neurological activity associated with the lips than any other part of the body, a new study reveals.

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·May 7, 2018·5 min read

Study Adds New Evidence that Infants Track Others’ Mental States

A new study adds to growing evidence that infants possess a basic theory of mind. Neuroimaging reveals the temporal parietal junction, an area of the brain associated with theory of mind, responds similarly in infants and adults when watching videos of actors expressing different mental states.

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·March 20, 2018·4 min read

‘Missing Mutation’ Found in Severe Infant Epilepsy

Researchers establish SCN3A genetic mutations cause infantile epileptic encephalopathy.

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·December 11, 2017·3 min read

Infant Brain Responses Predict Reading Speed During Later Childhood

Brain responses from 6 month old infants with an inherited dyslexia risk differed from those without the risk factor and also predicted their reading ability later in childhood, a new study reveals.

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·November 24, 2017·6 min read

How Badly Do You Want Something? Babies Can Tell

MIT researchers reveal infants before the age of one are able to determine how much someone values a goal by observing how hard someone works to achieve it.

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·August 11, 2017·5 min read

New Diagnostic Kit for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Newborns

Researchers from Cardiff University are working in conjunction with biotech company PerkinElmer, to develop a new diagnostic kit of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The kit will be able to screen for DMD by analyzing dried neonatal blood spots.

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·August 8, 2017·5 min read

Sleep Makes it Possible for Babies to Associate Words With Content, and Not With Noise

A midday nap after a learning session helped infants associated correct or incorrect words to new objects they had been exposed to. The study sheds light on the role sleep plays in developing lexical memory.