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'Sticky Mittens' Give Babies A Head Start

Posted by timothy on from the some-babies-grab-early dept.

Tammy Tieu writes "Duke University psychologists have discovered that fitting infants with Velcro-covered 'sticky mittens' gives them a developmental jump start in learning to explore objects. The researchers placed the mittens on infants too young to actually grasp objects, but the mittens allowed the infants to snag Velcro-fitted toys merely by swiping at them. In comparisons with infants who hadn't used the mittens, found the psychologists, those who had used the mitten subsequently showed more sophisticated abilities to explore objects."

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  1. It's for the BABIES! by Havokmon · · Score: 1, Redundant
    At first I thought they were some new gloves for the doctors to get a better grip on the kid on the way out.

    Wasn't exactly sure how that transferred to child development..

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