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New evidence from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, in Cambridge, suggests that breastfed babies may be more irritable than their bottle-fed counterparts. 
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(Medical Xpress) -- Infants can understand the difference between intentional and accidental actions from tone of voice alone, new research by the Cardiff University School of Psychology has shown.
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Young children whose mothers talk with them more frequently and in more detail about people's thoughts and feelings tend to be better at taking another's perspective than other children of the same age. Via Dimitris Agorastos
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Published in a recent issue of the journal Psychological Science, the study reveals that even though very young babies can't remember the details of an object that they were shown and which then was hidden, the infants' brains have a set of built in "pointers" that help them retain a notion that something they saw remains in existence even when they can't see it anymore.
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The ability to trust, love, and resolve conflict with loved ones starts in childhood—way earlier than you may think.
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Babies may seem like unbiased copycats, but a new study shows that they choose to imitate an adult's actions based on whether they think the adult is credible or not.
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(Medical Xpress) -- Only 71 per cent of babies born between 32 and 36 weeks are successful in key stage 1 (KS1) tests (defined as achieving at least level 2 in reading, writing and maths), compared to 79 per cent of babies born at full term (37-41...
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Babies love to imitate. Ask any parent and they'll report how infants mimic sounds, facial expressions and actions they observe.
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October 23, 2014 10:19 AM
This reinforces the reasoning behind providing that strong emotional bond between caregiver and infant.
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Babies as young as eight months old want people who commit or condone antisocial acts to be punished, according to a new study led by a University of British Columbia researcher.
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For a National Geographic documentary, producer Peter Chinn used a combination of dimensional ultrasound scans, tiny cameras, and computer graphics to create the following images of baby animals.
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feelings shmeelings | Infant characteristics and anger reduction.Konrad Lorenz first suggested in 1943 that certain physical and behavioral characteristics common to infants (babyish...
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To prevent female feticide, doctors should not disclose the sex of the baby until after the a pregnant woman is 30 weeks pregnant.
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(Medical Xpress) -- The sound of babies crying is uniquely able to get adults to react at speed, Oxford University researchers have found.
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Females influence the gender of their offspring so they inherit either their mother's or grandfather's qualities. 'High-quality' females – those which produce more offspring – are more likely to have daughters.
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The bond between a mother an an infant can influence the child's relationships with others for two decades, a new study says.
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Breastfeeding increased infant survival rates in 19th -Century Montreal in two major ways, according to research from Concordia University and McGill University.
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New research shows that infants gain an understanding of fairness and punishment earlier than anybody previously thought...
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During the first year of life, when babies spend so much time listening to language, they're actually tracking word patterns that will support their process of word- learning that occurs between the ages of about 18 months and two years.
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Stress in the second and third months of pregnancy can shorten pregnancies, increase the risk of pre-term births and may affect the ratio of boys to girls being born, leading to a decline in male babies.
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Signs Of Schizophrenia Present in BabiesSigns From Schizophrenia Present in Babies - Health guide is a common condition of a person in all aspects.
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We may be the only animal to move around upright on two legs, but babies learn to walk in the same way that rats, cats, monkeys and birds do...
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New research indicates that at 10 months, babies start to understand another person's thought process, providing new insights on how humans acquire knowledge and how communication develops.
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Children as young as 10 months use size to interpret social hierarchies
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the search for what causes autism continues!