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Infant and Child Development

Jenny Saffran, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on May 20, 2018

Children use the presence of familiar objects with known names to identify the correct referents of novel words. In natural environments, objects vary widely in salience. The presence of familiar objects may sometimes hinder rather than help word learning.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Infant and Child Development, Jenny Saffran, Language Development, Slide of the Week

Here is how a cat can hinder children learning new words

Posted on April 4, 2018

Say you are shown an apple, a banana and a fruit you have never seen before. Then you are asked to pick the “pifo.” Which fruit would you choose? Chances are you would select the novel fruit.

Posted in 2018, Infant and Childhood Development, News, Research, Speech & Language, YearTagged Infant and Child Development, Jenny Saffran, Language Development

Poverty influences children’s early brain development

Posted on December 13, 2013

Poverty may have direct implications for important, early steps in the development of the brain, saddling children of low-income families with slower rates of growth in two key brain structures, according to researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Posted in 2013, News, Research, YearTagged Infant and Child Development, Poverty, Seth Pollak

Hormones may usher abused girls into early adulthood

Posted on July 19, 2013

During the sort of tense situation that makes palms sweat and voices quaver, children and young adults are typically awash in cortisol, a stress hormone that sounds an alarm and prepares the body for fight-or-flight responses to danger.

Posted in 2013, News, Research, YearTagged Early Life Stress, Infant and Child Development, Seth Pollak
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