Category: Infant and Childhood Development

Saffran receives prestigious psychology award

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How babies learn language is a question Jenny Saffran has spent the early part of her research career investigating.

Study shows preschool can prevent child abuse

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In one of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods, a little girl with pigtails and a denim jumper stands in front of a table and fingers the shape of wooden letters as she fits them into a puzzle.

Orphanage experience alters brain development

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During the last decade, many American families have opened their hearts and homes to children adopted from Eastern European orphanages.

Infants may offer clues to language development

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You may not know it, but you took a course in linguistics as a baby.