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Recent news articles featuring Rochester Baby Lab research.
Jump to topic: Curiosity, Decision-making, Infant attention, Language learning, Lab and research methods
Curiosity
Nautilus: Curiosity depends on what you already know Feb. 25, 2016
ABC National Radio Australia: We know it killed the cat, but there's still much to learn about curiosity Nov. 10, 2015
CBC News: Curious about curiosity? The science behind enquiring minds Nov. 5, 2015
BNR Newsradio: Waarom zijn we nieuwsgierig? (Why are we curious?) Nov. 5, 2015
Decision-making
Time: 14 Factors That Affect the Decisions You Make Oct. 2, 2015
Atlantico: La maîtrise de soi, ça s’apprend à tout âge (et ça commence avec le test du chamallow). Oct. 17, 2014
New York Times: What Drives Success? Jan. 25, 2014
New York Times Magazine: We Didn’t Eat the Marshmallow. The Marshmallow Ate Us. Jan. 10, 2014
New York Times: You’re So Self-Controlling. Nov. 17, 2013
Science News: Delaying gratification is about worldview as much as willpower. Nov. 17, 2013
Scientific American MIND: A Marshmallow in the Hand: To predict success in children, look beyond willpower. March 11, 2013
Discover Magazine: Top Stories of 2012: #86 - Why Kids Make Rash Decisions. Jan. 16, 2013
Psychology Today: A Toasted Marshmallow (Test). Jan. 2, 2013
Psychology Today: Marshmallows, willpower, and reliability. Oct. 24, 2012
U.S. News & World Report: The marshmallow test revisited. Oct. 24, 2012
New York Times: Motherload Weekly Reader: Vampires, Park Slope, Men and Marshmallows. Oct. 23, 2012
Newstalk Radio Ireland: Moncrieff: Interview with Celeste Kidd. Oct. 23, 2012
Wall Street Journal: Daniel Akst’s Week in Ideas - Psychology: Mindful of Marshmallows. Oct. 19, 2012
Psychology Today: Kids’ willpower influenced by others’ reliability. Oct. 19, 2012
Daily Mail: Children are more trusting than you think. Oct. 17, 2012
Science News: Delaying gratification is about worldview as much as willpower. Oct. 17, 2012
io9: Researchers revisit history’s most adorable psychological experiment, find something new. Oct. 17, 2012
Wall Street Journal: Self-control arises from nurture as well as nature. Oct. 16, 2012
Popular Science: New version of classic marshmallow experiment upends original conclusions. Oct. 16, 2012
Slate: Reconsidering the marshmallow test. Oct. 16, 2012
CBS News: New "marshmallow test" suggests trust matters. Oct. 16, 2012
USA Today: Updated 'marshmallow test' offers insight on kids' delayed gratification. Oct. 16, 2012
Scientific American 60-Second Mind: Helping your child delay gratification Oct. 15, 2012
Washington Post: A new take on the marshmallow test. Oct. 15, 2012
Smithsonian Magazine: The marshmallow test gets more complicated. Oct. 15, 2012
Globe and Mail: A reliable environment fosters child’s capacity for self-control. Oct. 14, 2012
Washington Post (Wonkblog): The marshmallow test revisited. Oct. 13, 2012
Business Insider: New marshmallow study challenges conventional thinking about willpower. Oct. 12, 2012
TIME: Marshmallow-ology: Why wait, when the better treat might never arrive? Oct. 12, 2012
Boing Boing: Marshmallow study and class. Oct. 11, 2012
Mother Jones: New Study: Delayed gratification not a winning strategy if researchers are big meanies. Oct. 11, 2012
Infant attention
BBC News: Babies' Minds: The Truth About Life and Death. July 13, 2014
ABC News: Babies have a learning “sweet spot”. May 23, 2012
Boing Boing: How much kid-stimulus is right? May 23, 2012
CBS News: The Goldilocks effect in babies. May 23, 2012
Correio Braziliense: Aprendizado na medida certa. June 3, 2012
Daily Mail: Babies filter out information they see as too complicated. May 24, 2012
Daily Telegraph: How to win the bored baby battle. May 24, 2012
Discovery News: Babies know what’s boring. May 24, 2012
Good Morning America: “Goldilocks Effect”: Babies learn when things aren't too complex, too simple. May 24, 2012
Huffington Post: Babies' attention span: Study explains the 'Goldilocks effect'. May 24, 2012
New York Times: Babies’ hunger to learn has a “Goldilocks effect”. May 28, 2012
La Repubblica: Fate attenzione, cari genitorii neonati a volte si annoiano. May 26, 2012
Scientific American 60-Second Science: Babies’ attention choices fall within Goldilocks zone. May 23, 2012
Language learning
ABC News Radio: Verbal crutches may help kids learn new words. April 14, 2011
Daily Mail: “Umming” and “ahhing” parents help their babies learn to speak. April 14, 2011
Discovery News: Uh and um may help children learn language. April 18, 2011
Epoch Times Deutschland: Sprechpausen steigern aufmerksamkeit von kindern. April 19, 2011
Fox News: Um, uh ... speech stumbles help toddlers learn new words. April 14, 2011
Good Morning America: “Ums” and “ahs” help toddlers learn language. April 14, 2011
The Independent: Parents who stumble over words may help children learn language. April 15, 2011
Today Show: Verbal fumbling can help kids learn language skills. April 15, 2011
Naked Scientists Podcast: Um, that's the way we learn. April 17, 2011
New Scientist: Baby brain expert: “Ums” and “ers” help children learn. April 28, 2011
NPR: Parents’ ums and uhs can help toddlers learn language. April 14, 2011
Parents Magazine: “Um” and “uh” can help toddlers learn new words. April 29, 2011
La Repubblica: Quelle “pause” del discorsoinsegnano ai piccoli a parlare. April 18, 2011
Scientific American 60-Second Mind: Our uhs and ums may help children learn language. April 17, 2011
Scientific American MIND: Hesitant speech helps kids, um, learn. Oct. 11, 2011
Slate: An uh, er, um essay: In praise of verbal stumbles. July 26, 2011
Lab and research methods
CITY Newspaper: Signs of intelligent life Feb. 17, 2016
Nature: The Big Baby Experiment Nov 4, 2015
Democrat and Chronicle: SEEDLingS Project led by Elika Bergelson. Jan 26, 2015
Time Warner Cable News: U of R Professor Lands Spot on 30 under 30 List Jan 26, 2015
Local Local: University of Rochester’s Baby Lab. Oct. 16, 2012
Rochester Review: Here’s Looking at You, Kid. Sept. 1, 2011