What is found in a good conversation? It is certainly correct to say words—the more engagingly put, the better. But conversation also includes “eyes, smiles, the silences between the words,” as the Swedish author Annika Thor wrote. It is when those elements hum along together that we feel most deeply More
Evidence suggests that exposure to television in toddlerhood may not cause attention-deficit problems after all. More
It’s a common belief that exposure to television in toddlerhood causes attention-deficit problems in school-age children—a claim that was born from the results of a 2004 study that seemed to show a link between the two. However, a further look at the evidence suggests this is not true. More
A sample of articles on neonatal imitation, the shared-attention system, social interaction in autism, the correct use of p values, the development of executive function, mindfulness interventions, Duchenne smiles, and neurodiversity and mental functioning. More
A sample of research on how people think that others are more likely to be “bad” than themselves, intuitive physical reasoning, effects of COVID-19 on relationship satisfaction, recreational fear, alcohol experiences, visuospatial attention, and age advantages in emotional experience during COVID-19. More
A sample of research on discounting past and future events, episodic recollection, and visual attention. More
