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The other day one of my colleagues was telling me about parents who were concerned their child wasn't developing properly. The couple knew from their friends that their daughter should be sitting ...

Co-authored with Alyssa Swift, M.S. In the current post, we are returning to our lab’s roots investigating the foundations of emotional development that occur in infancy. We know that infants have an ...

How do babies learn to talk? Across languages and cultures, parents simplify their speech significantly in response to babies' babbling and early speech—an exchange that appears fundamental to early ...

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In the weeks after conception, your baby starts out as an embryo made up of three distinct layers: the endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm, all of which form at just 3 weeks of pregnancy. It’s in the ...

Do you remember anything before the age of two? Few, if any, of us can. However, anyone with a child or who interacts with small children knows that babies can form memories. They can tell their ...