Heidi Marsh's study about infants reading and interpreting the intentions of adults as early as six or nine months was featured on Saturday, February 13, 2010 on CBC's Quirks & Quarks, hosted by Bob McDonald. Download the podcast to hear Marsh, a psychology PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health at York's Centre for Infancy […]
A York University study about infants reading and interpreting the intentions of adults as early as six or nine months has caused considerable stir in the media. The study, published in the journal Infancy, suggests that six-month-olds know when someone is teasing or manipulating them. But they also understand if someone is trying to help, […]
A study by York University researchers reveals that infants as young as six months old know when we’re “playing” them – and they don’t like it. Researchers in York’s Centre for Infancy Studies examined six- and nine-month-old babies’ reactions to a game in which an experimenter was either unable or unwilling to share a toy. […]