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Articles on Childhood learning

April 1, 2020

Baby steps: this ancient skull is helping us trace the path that led to modern childhood

Tanya M. Smith, Griffith University; Philipp Gunz, and Zeray Alemseged, University of Chicago

Our findings reveal the slowing down of brain development in our ape-like ancestors began more than three million years ago.

May 3, 2019

Christa Lam-Cassettari, Western Sydney University

Using a sing song voice helps babies tell the difference between words like ‘mummy’ or ‘daddy’.

October 14, 2015

Jennifer Keys Adair, The University of Texas at Austin

What happens when kids are put through harsh disciplinary measures?

Jennifer Keys Adair
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education, The University of Texas at Austin
Christa Lam-Cassettari
Senior Research Associate, UNSW; Adjunct Research Fellow, MARCS Institute BabyLab, Western Sydney University
Tanya M. Smith
Professor in the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution & Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
Philipp Gunz
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Zeray Alemseged
Professor, University of Chicago