Tag: Child Psychology

Anna Sosa, Northern Arizona University – Traditional vs Electronic Toys

Mar 2, 2016

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Academic Minute

in Child Psychology, Communications, Education, Psychology, Technology

Should infants be learning language from electronic toys? Anna Sosa, professor of communication sciences and disorders at Northern Arizona University, examines how the quality of interaction between children and electronic toys compares with the quality of their interactions with books and more traditional toys. Anna Sosa completed her PhD in Speech and Hearing Sciences at…
Jane Costello, Duke University – Sharing the Wealth

Jun 23, 2014

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Academic Minute

in Economics, Psychology

Does profit sharing improve the community at large? In today’s Academic Minute, Jane Costello, a professor at Duke University’s Insitute for Brain Sciences, profiles an experiment involving just that. In 1994, a tribe of Cherokee Indians opened a casino and shared the profits directly with the community. Jane Costello is professor of medical psychology in…