Why don’t we remember what it’s like to be a baby? 

What’s your earliest memory? Your first day at nursery? Your younger sibling being born? Your 3rd birthday party?   One of our study directors Pasco’s first memory was from when he banged his head on a shop window and had to have stitches. He was about 3 and a half. Although it might sound like aContinue reading “Why don’t we remember what it’s like to be a baby? “

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 realiseContinue reading “The science of parentese”