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·January 2, 2021·3 min read

Do Toddlers Learning to Spoon-Feed Seek Different Information From Caregivers’ Hands & Faces?

During mealtimes, a toddler's gaze toward either the hands or face has different roles in communication.

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·August 19, 2020·3 min read

Toddlers Who Use Touchscreens Show Attention Differences

Toddlers who frequently use touchscreen technology may have an edge over their peers who are not routinely exposed to the technology when it comes to visual search abilities.

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·July 21, 2020·3 min read

Insight Into Toddlers’ Awareness of Their Own Uncertainty

When it comes to decision making, researchers discovered toddlers experience and deal with uncertainty in the same way as older children and adults.

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·November 11, 2019·5 min read

Late talkers twice as likely to have severe, frequent temper tantrums

Toddlers who were late talkers had more severe temper tantrums, and the risk of having a tantrum was 1.96 times greater than their peers with typical language development.

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·July 10, 2019·2 min read

How does playing with other children affect toddlers’ language learning?

Toddlers who had more exposure to other children were better at associating new words to objects than those who had more exposure to adults alone.

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·September 28, 2018·3 min read

Sensitive Babies Become Altruistic Toddlers

A baby's attention to fearful faces may predict their level of altruism as toddlers, a new study reports.

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·September 8, 2018·5 min read

Toddlers Prefer Winners, But Avoid Those Who Win by Force

By the age of 18 months, toddlers prefer individuals others yield to, researchers say. The study suggests this preference may be rooted deep in human nature and may have evolved because being close to those in power provides people with better access to resources, territory and mates.

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·August 27, 2018·6 min read

Toddlers Care What Others Think: Sensitivity to How Others Evaluate You Emerges by 24 Months

A new study reports children as young as two years old are able to evaluate the opinions of others and will modify their behavior accordingly when others are watching them.

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·August 3, 2017·4 min read

Children’s Temperaments Help Predict Dinnertime Struggles

Researchers say toddlers who are wary of new toys also tend to be less accepting of new foods. They suggest early food attitudes may stem from a child's personality and temperament.

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·July 25, 2017·5 min read

Toddlers Begin Learning Rules of Reading and Writing at Very Early Age

A new study reveals that by the age of three, children are already starting to follow complex rules and patterns that govern how letters fit together to make words.

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·February 17, 2017·5 min read

How Dads Bond With Toddlers

According to a new study, fathers given a boost of oxytocin expressed increased activity in brain areas associated with empathy and reward when viewing photos of their small children.

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·November 18, 2016·5 min read

Toddlers With Autism Don’t Avoid Eye Contact, But Do Miss Its Significance

A new study reports young children with autism don't avoid eye contact on purposes, but do miss the significance of the social information in others' eyes.