Infant joint attention, temperament, and social competence in preschool children

Infant joint attention has been observed to be related to social-emotional outcomes in at-risk children. To address whether this relation is also evident in typically developing children, 52 children were tested at 12, 15, 24, and 30 months to examine associations between infant joint attention and social outcomes. Twelve-month initiating and responding to joint attention were related to 30-month social competence and externalizing behavior, even when accounting for 15-month temperament ratings, 24-month cognition and language, and demographic variables. These results suggest that, in addition to associations with language and cognition, infant joint attention reflects robust aspects of development that are related to individual differences in the emergence of social and behavioral competence in childhood.     

“无中生有”的诀窍开拓了思维的新领域

将近一年前，我收到一封很长的信，其作者声称他发明了一种能凭空制造出某种东西的方法。对此我并不感到大惊小怪。毕竟，在我收到的提出这类有趣想法的来信中，总有那么些人的说法是令人难以置信的。但是，既然科学的基本精神在于要求人们有一个开放的(如果还不是完全通风的)头脑，我还是尽量设法一封不漏地阅读这类信件。     

我，克隆人

阿西莫夫在1985年幻小说《我，机器人》中提出了“机器人三法则”：一、机器人不得伤害人类，或者坐视人类遭受伤害。二、机器人必须服从人类的命令，除非该命令违背第一法则。三、在不违背第一和第二法则的前提下，机器人必须保护自己。