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The Long-Lasting Effects of Maternal Thyroid Dysfunction

July 7, 2018

Until it starts producing on its own, the fetus is largely dependent on the mother for the supply of several substances, including thyroid hormones. The thyroid hormones include TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone), T3, and T4/FT4. (FT4 is free T4, which is not bound to protein). TSH is produced in the pituitary gland, a small gland

The Role of Object Functions for Deferred Imitation- Do Infants Selectively Retain and Forget Actions?

How Children Learn by Imitation and Example

July 7, 2018

Research Findings

Imitation—the act of observing and copying the actions of others—is the most important mechanism of learning for infants, toddlers, and young children. Several studies have analyzed different patterns by which children imitate actions. One study showed that children not only imitate actions immediately after observing them, but they also reproduce an action or sequence of