Matching the sight and sound of speech — a face to a voice — in early infancy is an important foundation for later language development. This ability, known as intersensory processing, is an essential ...

Infants' helplessness demonstrates unique social implications for human development. In a new paper developmental psychology ...

Why are human babies so helpless? Researchers explore the evolutionary purpose of infant dependency. Learn how the gap between sensory and motor skills in infants fosters human social intelligence and ...

Infant sleep patterns and emotional regulation are important for healthy development, but it is challenging to get real-time insights into infant behavior. Researchers at the University of Illinois ...

As any parent can attest, the first few years of a child's life are marked by many sleepless nights. However, the expectation that infants should sleep through the night by a certain age is widespread ...

Overview of cultural influences in infancy / P. Herbert Leiderman, Steven R. Tulkin and Anne Rosenfeld -- Child rearing as cultural adaptation / Robert A. LeVine -- A model for psychocultural research ...

New Guidance Addresses Wake Windows, Nap Transitions, and Bedtime Routines for Five-Month-Old Infants, Offering Parents ...

Diet has only a marginal impact on microbiome development in infancy, although metabolite profiles differ between breast- and formula-fed infants; circadian rhythm of the gut microbiome is detectable ...