Macaque moms dote on babies, like human mothersOctober 9th, 2009 LONDON - Macaque moms dote on their babies, just like human mothers, a new study suggests. The new findings show that mother macaques and their infants have interactions in the first month of life that researchers say look a lot like what humans tend to do.
Just like humans, monkey moms go gooey over newbornsOctober 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Monkey mothers interact with their newborn babies in much the same way human moms do, suggests a study of rhesus macaques. Published in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, the new findings show that mother macaques and their infants have interactions in the first month of life that the researchers say look a lot like what humans tend to do.
Mobile infants can see looming dangerSeptember 25th, 2009 LONDON - Do infants only start to crawl once they are able to see impending danger? Their ability to see whether an object is approaching on a direct collision course and when it is likely to collide, develops around the time they become more mobile, says a new study. The study, conducted by Ruud van der Weel and Audrey van der Meer from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NUST) at Trondheim, investigated how, and where, the infant brain extracts and processes information about imminent collision.
Priming infants with cues to affiliation ups their tendency to be helpfulSeptember 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Ever wondered why people often spend their valuable time and energy to help a neighbour, with no promise of payback?
Well, Harriet Over and Malinda Carpenter of Germany's Max Planck Institute have now found that priming infants with subtle cues to affiliation increases their tendency to be helpful. During a study, they showed a large group of 18-month-old infants photographs of household objects, such as a teapot or a shoe.
Social hints can boost helpfulness in kidsSeptember 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Most of us are willing to help a needy neighbour, even at a cost to ourselves. Why do we do it? Because of our social environments when we were children, a new study has found.
Boy accuses tutor of theft to avoid extra classes!August 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A high school student in Tannin municipality falsely accused his tutor of pinching 5,000 yuan from his school bag to avoid attending extra classes. The China Daily reports, the boy called the police last week alleging theft by the tutor.
HARD TIMES: Falling state budgets, rising class sizes at crowded schools when students returnJuly 26th, 2009 HARD TIMES: School budgets dip, class sizes growWASHINGTON — Like a seesaw on the school playground, falling state budgets are pushing class sizes higher. The recession is forcing districts to lay off teachers even as the economic stimulus pumps billions of dollars into schools.
Conventional wisdom that our perceptual abilities improve as we grow challengedJune 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Studying English-learning infants in the US and Spanish-learning infants in Spain, an international team of researchers have found evidence challenging conventional wisdom that human perceptual and cognitive functions broaden and improve as they grow and mature. The research team-including experts from the Charles E.
Toxic chemical in children's toys may lead to low birth weight in infantsJune 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers have found that exposure to toxic chemical used as plasticizers in a wide variety of personal care product and children's toys might contribute to low birth weight in infants. Phthalate exposure can begin in the womb and has been associated with negative changes in endocrine function.
Pakistani government raises employees' salaries by 20 percentJune 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani government has raised the salaries and pensions of its employees by 20 percent, a senior minister has said. The salary hike will be effective for employees in grades one to 16.
Surat gang rape fallout: no tution classes before 7 a.m.June 15th, 2009 SURAT - The Surat Police Monday asked owners of private coaching institutes and individual tutors in the city not to hold classes before 7 a.m. The move comes following the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl who was on her way to a tution class at 5.30 a.m.
Babies are a lot smarter than many imagineMay 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has only validated what mothers have known all along, that their babies are a lot smarter than others think. Though only five months old, the study's subjects indicated through their curious stares that they could differentiate water in a glass from solid blue material that looked very much like water in a similar glass.
Babies brainier than previously thoughtMay 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has confirmed what many mums already believed: their babies are a lot smarter than others may realize. Although the Northwestern University study was only five months old, it established that babies are amazing little experimenters with innate knowledge.
Think you've fooled your kid? Think againJanuary 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - By 10 months, infants, just like adults, are able to understand goals and intentions, even when those goals are not obvious, according to a new study. Earlier research indicates that older infants (between 15 and 18 months) are able to separate goals and intentions from actions, but University of Michigan psychologists Amanda C.
Too much of TV can harm infantsJanuary 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Letting infants watch TV could really harm them in the long run, warns a leading child expert. He advised parents to limit the amount of TV children watch before the age of two, after an extensive review showed that it can counterproductive for them.
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