Improving child development through research
How children develop is fascinating. The scientific study of child development is helping improve children’s lives, through improved understanding, better interventions and better policy
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Welcome to Generation New Era
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The science of parentese
You may have noticed that you, and most adults, tend to speak to babies in a special way – sometimes people call this motherese, although everyone does it, not just mothers. We find it natural when we’re with babies to speak in a slower, higher pitched and softer tone, and although we might not realise…
Babies love a laugh!
Our colleague Dr. Caspar Addyman has the enviable job of studying what makes babies laugh. Goes to work, makes babies laugh, comes home. Not bad! Well, there’s probably a bit more to it than that, but still, there’s nothing quite like the sound of a baby laughing to bring a smile to everyone’s faces. Babies…
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