Tag: language development
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How Screen Time Is Altering Toddler Development: We’re Losing a Big Part of Being Human
Understanding the Concern From quiet play to bustling classrooms, the early years are a critical window for building language, fine motor skills, and social abilities. In recent years, researchers and educators have raised alarms about how rising screen time among toddlers is shaping this delicate phase. The concern isn’t simply about leisure time — it’s…
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How Screen Time Is Shaping Toddlers: A Wake-Up Call for Early Development
Understanding the Concern In recent years, experts have sounded alarms about how screen time is influencing the youngest learners. For four-year-olds entering reception, the effects can be seen in classrooms and back at home: shorter attention spans, limited speech, and difficulties with fine motor tasks like pencil grip. The concern isn’t just about screens; it’s…
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Screen Time and Toddlers: Why the Habit Is Reshaping Early Development
Introduction: A Fight for Human Connection in a Digital Era Recent observations from Coventry’s Stoke primary school highlight a growing concern among educators: four-year-olds entering reception often struggle with basic classroom skills, from sitting still to forming words. While it’s not solely the fault of screens, researchers and teachers are increasingly linking early screen exposure…
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Could Lead Exposure Have Shaped Human Evolution Beyond Neanderthals?
Lead Exposure: A Long-Shadowed Force in Human Evolution Lead is often cast as a modern toxin, with its health threats tied to industry and urban life. Yet a striking new study suggests that lead exposure may have haunted our ancestors for nearly two million years and, in surprising ways, might have given Homo sapiens an…
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Mother’s Voice Accelerates Language Brain Pathways in Preemies, Stanford Study Finds
New evidence links a mother’s voice to early language brain development in preterm infants A pioneering Stanford Medicine-led study suggests that hearing their mother’s voice can promote the maturation of key language pathways in the brains of premature babies. The randomized trial, published online October 13 in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, compared preterm infants who…
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Mother’s Voice Shapes Language Pathways in Preemies’ Brains, Stanford Study Finds
Overview of the Findings A Stanford Medicine–led study published online October 13 in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience provides the first randomized evidence that exposure to a mother’s voice can promote language development in very premature infants. The research found that regular recordings of mothers reading to their hospitalized preemies helped advance the maturation of a…
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Mother’s Voice Boosts Language Pathways in Preemies’ Brains
New Evidence Links Maternal Speech to Brain M development in Premature Infants Hearing the sound of a mother’s voice can shape the developing brains of premature babies, according to a Stanford Medicine-led study. The randomized trial, published online in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, found that regular exposure to recordings of mothers reading to their hospitalized…
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Prenatal Language Exposure: How Hearing a Foreign Language Shapes Baby Brain Networks
Background: language networks begin before birth A new study from researchers affiliated with the Université de Montréal, published in Communications Biology, provides compelling evidence that exposing a fetus to a foreign language for several weeks can influence how a newborn’s brain processes language. Funded in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of…
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Adult Screen Time Under Review by Sweden’s Public Health Agency
Overview Sweden’s government has given Folkhälsomyndigheten, the Public Health Agency, its first formal mandate to examine adults’ screen time and its potential impact on children. The aim is to gather existing knowledge, then translate it into practical guidance for families, early childhood services, and care settings. Why now Newer research points to possible links between…