Tuesday, December 18, 2012

While Sitting, Baby Can Learn Faster

If your baby is able to sit down, try to get him in a fun activity to practice learning. According to a new study published the journal Developmental Psychology, infants can learn better when they are sitting.

"An important part of human cognitive development is the ability to understand whether an object is the same or different from the objects they had seen before," Rebecca Woods, assistant professor of human development and family sciences and professor of psychology at North Dakota State University, from the United States.


Cognitive development is the ability to think, analyze, and remember. Woods and colleagues Teresa Wilcox, professor of psychology at Texas A & M University, found that infants aged 5.5 to 6.5 months have not been able to distinguish objects they see. Whereas if she was past age of 6.5 months can begin to distinguish their new way of seeing and touching the object.

"An advantage for infants aged 6.5 months when they can sit up without leaning. Because they can more easily reach objects and explore them. They do not need to focus on balancing ourselves again," said Woods.

The researchers also found that infants aged 5.5 months were assisted to sit can be easier to distinguish objects by looking at differences in the pattern of the object. The researchers suspect that babies who sit late to make them miss the opportunity to learn to distinguish objects that influence on his intellectual development.

According to Woods, helps baby to sit comfortably will help the baby in the process of learning in a variety of ways. Not only can see, they can also touch the object so as to accelerate the learning process. Especially for infants with cognitive delays, learning is considered the most optimal.

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