Cognitive Development Center at CU

The power of play for your child and you

Play during pandemics? Preschoolers learn about germs - Jacobs Foundation In the current extraordinary times, our kids’ health has even higher priority. Elizabeth Bonawitz, Jacobs Research Fellow, tells us how an understanding of germs might help. But also, that it is time for parents to relish children’s joyful exploration.

Barking up the right tree: Using canine research to inform language perception in children?

Perspective | Babies are bad at listening in noisy places. Dogs aren’t. My pets took part in a study to learn why. The U-Md. center’s canine testing is uncovering the language perceptions of pooches like mine, giving them insight into human infant skills.