Scoping Review Assesses Wearable Sensors for Infant Motor Tracking
A scoping review of 41 studies found wearable sensors accurately classify infant posture but show more variable performance when measuring ...
Tag: infant development
First Tooth Eruption Does Not Predict When Infants Start Walking Independently
A clinical study of 206 children reveals that primary tooth eruption and independent walking occur along completely separate developmental timelines.
Fathers’ Breastfeeding Confidence Linked to Stronger Infant Bonds Through Mood
A cross-sectional study of 217 Turkish fathers found that breastfeeding self-efficacy and postpartum depression significantly predict father-infant attachment, with depression ...
When Babies Start Tummy Time May Matter Less Than Parents Think, Pilot Study Finds
A pilot study tracking 58 infants found no statistically significant differences in developmental outcomes based on whether tummy time was ...
Screen Time in the First Year Linked to Weaker Language and Thinking Skills in Very Preterm Babies
A pilot study of 64 very preterm infants finds that greater direct screen exposure at 12 months of corrected age ...
Babies Almost Never See Classic Emotional Expressions on Real Faces, Study Finds
A longitudinal video analysis shows that infants between 6 and 17 months rarely see the hypothesized facial prototypes for emotions ...
Shared smiles with caregivers may shape babies’ emotional development
Two new studies find that mutual smiling between infants and caregivers is linked to increases in heart-rate variability and becomes ...
Mothers and Babies Show Heart Rhythm Synchrony With Surprising Time Lags
A Japanese feasibility study finds that mother-infant heart rate variability synchrony during free play is highly prevalent but almost always ...
Tiny Wearable Sensors Reveal How Much of a Baby’s Day Is Spent Restrained
Researchers trained a machine learning model on wearable inertial sensor data to measure, with 89 percent accuracy, how much of ...
From baby smiles to orangutan play faces: how emotional expressions shape behaviour
A new Royal Society special issue shows that emotional expressions, from infant smiles to shame and play faces, actively shape ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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