#developmental-psychology

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fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

Why Are Kids So Funny?

Although she can say short sentences-"I need cake!"-her humor isn't particularly verbal. Instead, she giggles while stumbling around in grownup shoes, or blows bubbles in her water when she should be drinking it. She likes to put on a hat, pull it down over her eyes, and then blunder around, arms outstretched, like a mummy. She's also discovered the humor of exaggeration: recently, when her brother resisted getting out of his pajamas in the morning,
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fromArs Technica
3 months ago

New twist on marshmallow test shows power of a promise

Younger children exhibit a slightly greater ability to delay gratification compared to older children.
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