Teaching Babies to Pay Attention

Scientists have known that infants? early learning experiences may positively affect later development through processes called ?developmental cascades.? For example, walking and fine motor skills have been associated with vocabulary size and later language development. These cascades have been commonly theorized, but until now evidence supporting them has been largely correlational. A new study demonstrates a powerful link between training infants to reach for an object and later heightened interest in objects and focused attention.