Early childhood development

UChicago conducts cutting edge research exploring the development of cognition, action, and perception in the first few years of life through the Center for Early Childhood Research, Chapin Hall, and the Pritzker Consortium on Early Childhood Development.

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Baby with EEG

Parents’ views on justice affect babies’ moral development

Quality early childhood programs help prevent adult chronic disease, research shows

Quality early childhood programs help prevent adult chronic disease, research shows

Intensive day care may improve long-term health of poor children

Intensive day care may improve long-term health of poor children

Prof. James Heckman co-authors study that shows how early childhood programs could prevent adult chronic disease


Science

More challenging content in kindergarten boosts later performance

More challenging content in kindergarten boosts later performance

Gesturing with hands is a powerful tool for children’s math learning Gesturing with hands

Gesturing with hands is a powerful tool for children’s math learning

AAAS 2014: Early childhood education can pay big rewards to families, society

AAAS 2014: Early childhood education can pay big rewards to families, society

Infants show ability to tell friends from foes

Infants show ability to tell friends from foes

Successful UChicago-run education program to be mirrored at United Kingdom schools

Successful UChicago-run education program to be mirrored at United Kingdom schools

What do babies know? FOX 32 goes inside U of C's "baby lab"

What do babies know? FOX 32 goes inside U of C's "baby lab"

Prof. Amanda Woodward describes Center for Early Childhood Research's innovative work in studying infants, children


MyFox Chicago

Giving children non-verbal clues about words boosts vocabularies

Giving children non-verbal clues about words boosts vocabularies

University opens new child care center on campus Child care

University opens new child care center on campus