Tag: babies

  • Baby’s Temperament Can Predict Adult Personality Over 20 Years Later

    Baby’s Temperament Can Predict Adult Personality Over 20 Years Later

    Infants exhibiting behavioral inhibition can be predicted to grow up to be adults with a reserved, introverted personality at age 26. In addition, if these individuals, during adolescence, show higher sensitivity to making errors, they will be at higher risk to develop internalizing disorders such as anxiety and depression in adulthood. The findings were made…

  • Feeding Babies Solid Food Too Early May Introduce Future Health Risks

    Feeding Babies Solid Food Too Early May Introduce Future Health Risks

    Feeding infants solid food before three months may increase future health risks such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. Researchers found early solid food in babies causes changes in the gut bacteria and bacterial byproducts, called short-chain fatty acids. These changes may portend future health risks, especially the chance of being overweight. The findings were by…

  • Rural Babies Display More Negative Emotions Than Urban Babies

    Rural Babies Display More Negative Emotions Than Urban Babies

    Babies born to rural families display more negative emotions like anger and frustration than their urban counterparts. The researchers found, in contrast, that babies born in cities are less fussy and not as bothered by limits set by their caregivers. These findings were recently published in the Journal of Community Psychology by researchers from Washington…

  • Babies Can Understand Grammar at 8-Month Old

    Babies Can Understand Grammar at 8-Month Old

    Babies at 8-month old can already understand basic grammar of their language before they can even say words. This finding was made by researchers at the Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition Center (CNRS/Université de Paris). The researchers studied 175 eight-month-old babies. They played a 4-minute recording of an artificial language to the babies. The recording contained…