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October 25, 2018

Peer Pairing

Researchers have found neural evidence of early learning among infants who were coupled with a peer, as compared to those infants who viewed the instruction alone. Critically, the more often that new, unfamiliar partners were paired with the infants, the better results the babies showed.

Credit: National Science Foundation/Karson Productions


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