Newborns are not “blank slates” incapable of interacting with others. Newborns only hours old have been found to copy facial

Fortunately for parents, young children are amazing students. They’re so good at learning, they do it even when we don’t

Infants quickly become experts at scanning and identifying faces. A newborn infant can distinguish between its own mother’s face and

At birth, infants can process some types of mathematical information. More specifically, this ability involves distinguishing between different numbers of

When an object like a ball is moved some distance away, the eye perceives the ball as getting smaller, even

Infants are active learners at birth. They are especially good at using their developing physical skills to interact with the

All the physical, emotional, and face-to-face experiences that infants have regularly form a network of unconscious expectations and reactions to

For infants to make sense of the sights, sounds, and feelings that buzz around them, they need to coordinate this

It’s never too early to enjoy a “conversation” with your baby! Neuro-imaging studies show us that long before a baby

Young infants are also capable of relating what they hear with what they see. One study tested two-month-old infants’ ability

At 4 months, babies begin coordinating their emerging perceptive abilities to struggle to get objects that are out of reach.

Although newborns react primarily by reflex, babies begin making choices and actively exploring the world around them at 3 to