In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, researchers assessed the impact of infant-directed singing on the social visual behavior of the infant. When ...

Human infants have limited motor capabilities, which prevents them from accessing and exploring all parts of their surrounding environment, and also makes them difficult research participants to study ...

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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Developmental Neuroscience and Neurogenetics Program, The Saban Research Institute, Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, ...

BabyX is a hyper-realistic computer-generated simulation of a human infant. In a world first, developmental psychology researchers at the University of Auckland will use the digital child to research ...

Efforts to detect autism spectrum disorder before the age of two mostly rely on parental reports, as opposed to infant behavior. Measuring infant behavior, however, directly provides vital information ...

Paige Thompson, a first year PhD student working with Dr. Laura Claxton in the Purdue Motor Development Lab, presented work on bimanual motor interactions during infancy at the International Congress ...

Research across decades and multiple disciplines has made it clear that the forces which shape early human development are far more complex than “nature” or “nurture.” For example, it has come to ...

Whether you have an easy baby or a fussy one may have nothing to do with your parenting skills because the combination of a certain gene and a particular pattern of brain activity may determine a ...

More than 6 million kids in the U.S. have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD for short. Untreated, it can lead to major behavior problems at school and at home. Now, scientists may have ...