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Concern about young people’s social media use is escalating, with suggestions of age-restricted bans emerging. However, a ban may not be the solution.
A new study is the first to link an early social behavior called gaze shifting with infants’ ability to learn new language sounds.
Children flexibly choose when to imitate and when to innovate the behavior of others, which demonstrates that children are precocious social learners.
Humans and their primate cousins are well known for their intelligence and social abilities. You hear them called bird-brained, but birds have demonstrated a great deal of intelligence in many tasks.
