Communication

“In the time I have been an eye-witness to Dr. Minson’s trajectory in the field of psychoacoustics, the branch of psychology concerned with sound and its physiological effects, I have noted [...]

At what gestational age is a baby able to hear the voice of their mother in the womb? 9 weeks 18-20 weeks 24-26 weeks 40 weeks Answer: B. 18-20 weeks Only a few hours after birth, a baby will [...]

At its core, a joke or a prank is funny because it defies expectations.  That is, you predict a certain outcome and another happens instead requiring resolution by associating the unexpected [...]

Our friend and keynote speaker at our upcoming iLs Conference 2016, Dr. Stephen Porges, expressed concern about the impersonal approach to communication technology presents in our recent [...]

How can you tell if someone is happy? A happy person might laugh or say that they feel happy, but the brain is more quickly able to interpret one of these responses than the other. A study from [...]

What makes a person successful? A study from Penn State University finds that a child’s prosocial behavior in kindergarten can predict success in adulthood. The results indicate that children who [...]

Can babies learn to communicate from videos? Past research has suggested that video instruction is not effective for infants, but a new study from Emory University finds that educational videos [...]

Most treatments for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) begin, at the earliest, around age three or four. A new study finds that it might be possible to begin therapy for ASD symptoms while children [...]

If you have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and prefer talking to people online, you are not alone. A new study from Leiden University in the Netherlands finds that people with ASD prefer [...]

The way parents talk to their children can affect emotional development. A new study from the University of Surrey analyzed the way mothers and fathers communicate with their young children. The [...]