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Although the history of riddles comes from ancient times, it was not until the 19th century when researchers began to analyze different theories in children’s IQ cognitive development. In the 1800s, there was no established method for studying human sciences other that empirical knowledge. Riddles and trivia were not institutional methods for testing scholars or [...]
Even a mild, symptom-free case of thyroid deficiency in a pregnant woman can affect her child’s IQ scores years later, results of a study suggest. Children aged 7 to 9 who had mothers with untreated hypothyroidism in pregnancy had IQ scores about 7 points lower than youngsters of women without such a deficiency, according to [...]
Most parents think that parenting only starts after baby is born, but current research is proving otherwise. From the moment you learn that you are pregnant, you can start to stimulate and communicate with your baby. Think of the womb as your child’s first world, so whatever he experiences in the womb will shape his [...]
All parents with a newborn should demonstrate to their baby simple sign language at the same time while talking to them. Two or three commonly used concepts like “drink”, “eat” and “more” are easy to teach and do. Why is baby sign language important? It is the easiest way for an infant and a parent [...]
What do babies know, and what are they capable of learning? These questions have always fascinated parents, and now there are some important new answers. Scientists are discovering that newborns – once thought to enter the world as blank slates onto which a lifetime of experiences was inscribed – have brains as sophisticated as the [...]