EARLY STIMULATION CAN BOOST BABIES’ BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
Many new parents think that babies should develop at their own pace, and that they shouldn’t be challenged to do things that they’re not yet ready for. Infants should learn to roll around under their own power, without any helpful nudges, and they shouldn’t support their weight before they can stand or walk on their […]
How an Infant’s Brain Decodes Social Behavior
Infants’ brains can understand what they are observing and thus can copy other people’s action, finds a study providing evidence that directly links neural responses from the motor system to overt social behavior in infants. Babies understand what they are observing. There is a direct connection between observing others, understanding what others are doing, and […]
Baby Talk Words with Repeated Sounds Help Infants Learn Language
A study suggests that babies find it easier to learn words with repetitive syllables rather than mixed sounds. Assessments of language learning in 18-month-olds suggest that children are better at grasping the names of objects with repeated syllables, over words with non-identical syllables. Researchers say the study may help explain why some words or phrases, […]
SECURE ATTACHMENT
Keep your life simple and serenity will follow. Like a small country with little need for supersonic travel, a simple life has little need for tension and stress. Give your children yourself and the need for things will be minimal. —Vimala McClure from The Tao of Motherhood Research shows that simply touching, or […]
Scientists Find that Babies Don’t Just Look Cute…
Babies appeal to all our senses and even smell cute, triggering key parental behaviors Cuteness supports key parental capacities by igniting fast brain activity followed by slower processing in large brain networks also involved in play, empathy, and perhaps even higher-order moral emotions. What is it about the sight of an infant that makes almost […]
Baby’s Crying Alters the Way Parents’ Brains Work
The sound of a baby crying is something that instantly demands our attention as we try to find out whether they are hungry, tired, too hot or cold, need their diaper changed, are in pain, or are simply overwhelmed. A study has revealed that the tearful screaming of a young child can actually alter the […]
Why the Baby Brain Can Learn Two Languages at the Same Time
Any adult who has attempted to learn a foreign language can attest to how difficult and confusing it can be. So when a three-year-old growing up in a bilingual household inserts Spanish words into his English sentences, conventional wisdom assumes that the child is confusing the two languages. But research shows that this is not […]
How an Infant’s Brain Decodes Social Behavior
Infants’ brains can understand what they are observing and can copy other people’s actions. A study provides the first evidence that directly links neural responses from the motor system to overt social behavior in infants. Babies understand what they are observing. There is a direct connection between observing others, understanding what others are doing, and […]
Bilingual Households Shape Brain Development in Babies
Many brain studies show that bilingual adults have more activity in areas associated with executive function, a set of mental abilities that includes problem-solving, shifting attention and other desirable cognitive traits. Now new findings reveal that this bilingualism-related difference in brain activity is evident as early as 11 months of age, just as babies are […]
Study Indicates Cell-Phone Distracted Parenting Can Have Longterm Consequences
There are few things that require more hands-on attention than a young child, and there’s little that’s more distracting than the constant bleeping of our phones. When these two things compete for our attention, the results can be sobering. In a new animal-based study published in the journal Translational Psychiatry, scientists show that distracted parental […]