Research on Toddlers and Learning

There is new research from Vanderbilt University that provides some excellent insights into ways toddlers learn. The research follows up on studies using MRI to evaluate areas of the brain that are affected. In this particular study, two-year-olds were tested to look at differences in learning from video and face-to-face interaction. Some of the children watched the video of a woman telling them where to find a stuffed animal hidden in another room. Other children received the same information from the same woman in person. Children who watched the video rarely found the toy animal. Those who were told in position did, and here’s where gets interesting. Researchers followed this with an interactive video. A closed-circuit video system enables the woman on the screen to respond to the children through conversation and games. After five minutes, those children did respond. For more information, click onto www.MyMedicalReports.com.