Friday, August 10, 2007

Not-So-Brainy Babies

A study out of the University of Washington indicates that Baby Einstein videos—despite Presidential accolades—might actually hurt children’s language development. Researchers found that the more videos infants watched, the fewer vocabulary words they knew.

Former Senior Policy Analyst Sara Mead was on this story back in April - check out her report on what the evidence does—and does not—say about brain development from ages zero to three.

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