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Researchers Found the ‘Bystander Effect’ in 5-Year-Olds
New York Magazine: The 1964 stabbing death of Kitty Genovese in New York City went a long way toward kicking off social psychologists’ interest in the subject: In the story’s initial reporting and subsequent retellings
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Bystander Effect Also Found Among Five-Year-Olds
Pacific Standard: The bystander effect, which was first identified in the late 1960s, describes a fascinating quirk of human behavior: Our level of altruistic behavior depends, in large part, to the circumstances we find ourselves
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Hernandez Recognized for Research on Language Learning
Arturo Hernandez, University of Houston, has been honored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation with a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award for his research showing how the brain learns and processes language. The award, which
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Children Less Likely to Come to the Rescue When Others Are Available
Children as young as 5 are less likely to help a person in need when other children are present and available to help.
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What Children Think of the Internet (and Why It Matters)
The New York Times: On a recent late afternoon, my 5-year-old son requested pizza for dinner, as he does pretty much every day. I wasn’t sure if we had one in the freezer. “Let’s ask
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‘Baby Talk’ Is Less Clear Than Normal Speech
People tend to speak more slowly, use a sing-song voice, and use cutesy words like “tummy” when speaking to babies and small children. While we might be inclined to think that this kind of “baby
