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Studies Suggest Multilingual Exposure Boosts Children’s Communication Skills
NPR: NPR’s Robert Siegel talks with Katherine Kinzler, associate professor of psychology and human development at Cornell University, about her research into the social skills developed by children raised in multilingual environments versus monolingual environments.
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Is ‘Grit’ Doomed To Be The New Self-Esteem?
NPR: In just a few short weeks, students in California will be taking high-stakes tests. But the tests won’t just cover math, reading and science. Students will also be responding to survey statements like “I
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Video as Data
APS Fellow Karen Adolph introduces Databrary, a web-based video library funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health to enable sharing and reuse of research videos among developmental scientists.
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The teenage brain: There may be a silver lining to all that misbehavior
The Washington Post: Teenagers tend to have a bad reputation in our society, and perhaps rightly so. When compared to children or adults, adolescents are more likely to engage in binge drinking, drug use, unprotected
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Five-Month-Old Infants Have General Knowledge of How Nonsolid Substances Behave and Interact Susan J. Hespos, Alissa L. Ferry, Erin M. Anderson, Emily N. Hollenbeck, and Lance J.
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Obnoxious Sixth-Graders Grow Up to Become High Earners
A new study suggests that the personality traits we possess as middle schoolers may end up having a major impact on our career choices and lifetime earnings as adults. But, after reviewing data spanning 40
