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·October 28, 2015·4 min read

Singing To Babies Calms Them Longer Than Talking

If 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.

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·October 27, 2015·5 min read

Weight and Activity Level Factors in Children’s Ability to Think

According to a new study, physical activity levels and weight are both important factors in a child's ability to acquire and use knowledge.

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·October 22, 2015·3 min read

Cracking the Enduring Mysteries of REM Sleep

Researchers identify a neural circuit in the brain that helps regulate REM sleep.

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·October 22, 2015·5 min read

The Power of Two: Neural Cliques Provide a Prewired Framework For How Neurons Connect

Researcher proposes a Theory of Connectivity which suggests neural cliques provide a basic framework for how neurons connect and function.

Photo of a baby with a cochlear implant.

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·October 22, 2015·4 min read

Babies’ Babbles Reflect Their Own Involvement in Language Development

A baby's repetitive babbling is influenced by the infant's ability to hear itself.

Photo of a little baby. Her feet are being tickled.

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·October 19, 2015·3 min read

Tickled Pink? Why Babies Don’t Experience Tickles the Way We Think They Do

Infants 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.

These brain scans show the weaker connections in those born preterm.

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·October 19, 2015·3 min read

Risk for Weaker Brain Connections in Preterm Babies

A 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.

Photo of a pregnant woman with a fetal ultrasound over her belly.

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·October 14, 2015·4 min read

Gestational Diabetes Slows Fetal Brain Response After Eating

According 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.