Preschoolers have an intuitive sense of multiplication and division Emerging research reveals that preschoolers, infants, and even newborns have some truly astonishing number abilities. by Darko Odic / September 9, 2021
Online labs: under development Remote research presents new opportunities to understand how children learn by Moira R. Dillon / July 9, 2020
What AI researchers can learn from children’s learning Intrinsic motivation as a key ingredient in human and artificial intelligence by Catherine Hartley / November 25, 2019
Cognitive Artificial Intelligence: Building better machines (and babies!) With what we learn from AI about the origins and development of human thought, we can design better educational programs by Moira R. Dillon / September 24, 2019
Measuring the tides of talk What talk means for children’s cognitive development by Katrina d’Apice / June 3, 2019
Child development research needs open science By pooling their resources, researchers can create a robust foundation for understanding child development by Michael C. Frank / November 12, 2018
The importance of faces for infants’ learning Just like books are educational tools used to promote language development, faces are also educational tools during the first year of life by Lisa Scott / October 24, 2018
Why do children learn the words they do? Linguists Nivedita Mani and Lena Ackermann looked at the factors that influence variability in early word learning by Meeri Kim / August 27, 2018
Young children sleep to learn Memories and knowledge learned throughout the day are strengthened during sleep, an effect that’s controlled by neurons in the brain by Mallory Locklear / August 13, 2018
What core capacities are uniquely human? Hannes Rakoczy talks about understanding the role that language and culture play in shaping the core capacities of human beings Interview by Sabine Gysi / August 10, 2018
Do gut microbes play a role in learning? Recent research shows that we may have been neglecting one important agent in learning: our gut by Brittany Howell / August 8, 2018
“Babies’ brains are equipped to handle more than one language” Language learning begins much earlier than one might think, and numerous factors play an essential role in that process, Janet Werker says Interview by Sabine Gysi / May 30, 2018
