Developmental Dump

The human placenta exhibits a unique transcriptomic void – WHAT THE FUCK. How is it even possible these are new results? Why is science so afraid of women’s bodies?

Infants infer potential social partners by observing the interactions of their parent with unknown others

Beyond naïve cue combination: salience and social cues in early word learning

No two cues are alike: Depth of learning during infancy is dependent on what orients attention – Wow!

All contexts are not created equal: Social stimuli win the competition for organizing reinforcement learning in 9-month-old infants

Mapping developmental regionalization and patterns of cortical surface area from 29 post-menstrual weeks to 2 years of age – It still feels weird that cortical areas don’t start developing until around 6 months to a year.