Enhanced Brain Activity in Infants and Shared Spatial Organization between Neanderthals and Sapiens

Today, you’ll learn about how our perception of when old age hits is changing, a baby’s response to a happy face, and the housekeeping habits of neanderthals. 

When is Old Age?   

• “Perception of when old age starts has increased over time, shows study.” by Nicola Davis. 2024.  
• “Psychology and Aging.” APA PsycNet database. 2024.  
• “The shift from old age to very old age: an analysis of the perception of aging among older people.” by Emile Escourrou, et al. 2022.  

Sensative Mothers 

• “Researchers uncover link between maternal sensitivity and infant brain responses to happy faces.” by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.  
• “Mary Ainsworth’s legacy: a systematic review of observational instruments measuring parental sensitivity.” by Judi Mesman & Rosanneke A G Emmen. 2013.  
• “Love on the developing brain: Maternal sensitivity and infants’ neural responses to emotion in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.” by Jessica A. Stern, et al. 2024.  

Neanderthal Homes 

• “Study: Just Like Homo sapiens, Neanderthals Organized Their Living Space in Structured Way.” Sci News News Staff. 2024.  
• “Study Compares Neanderthal and Modern Human Living Spaces.” Archaeology. 2024.  
• “Homo Sapiens  and Neanderthal Use of Space at Riparo Bombrini (Liguria, Italy).” by Amelie Vallerand, et al. 2022.  

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