In the News

 

Girls Have Head Start On Snake and Spider Fears- Widespread dread of slithery, crawly
http://www.psy.cmu.edu/home/news/space.gifthings may start in infancy
http://www.psy.cmu.edu/home/news/space.gifU.S.NEWS & WORLD REPORT ARTICLEhttp://www.psy.cmu.edu/home/news/space.gif(8-28-09)

Girls 'born with fear of spiders'http://www.psy.cmu.edu/home/news/space.gifBBC NEWS (With Audio Clip)http://www.psy.cmu.edu/home/news/space.gif(9-4-09)

 

Why do we think spiders and snakes are so scary? It just might be evolution
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Professor peeks into minds of babies
- Pittsburgh Tribune Review

How much babies know
- Science News for Kids

Preschoolers with Autism Lag Behind Peers in Distinguishing Between Animate, Inanimate Objects
- Science Daily

 

 

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