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Babies discern between credible and un-credible sources

Babies do not blindly imitate un-reliable adults according to a recent study by Diane Poulin-Dubois, a professor in the Concordia Department of Psychology and member of the Centre for Research in Human Development.
Babies do not blindly imitate un-reliable adults according to a recent study by Diane Poulin-Dubois, a professor in the Concordia Department of Psychology and member of the Centre for Research in Human Development.

A study by Diane Poulin-Dubois, a professor in the Department of Psychology and member of the Centre for Research in Human Development, shows that babies can make a distinction between credible and un-credible sources. Coverage appeared in The Montreal Gazette, Radio-Canada, MSNBC, Elle, Yoopa, The Vancouver Sun, The Province, The Winnipeg Sun, Canoe, Europe 1, ABC Science, AFP, Metro Vancouver, Libération (France), 20 minutes (France), MSN Technologie, Straitstimes (Malaysia), DH.be (Belgium), Punjab Newsline, Dawn.com, Yahoo News, PsychCentral, The Toronto Telegraph, Techno-Science.net, Romandie.com, Zmarter, The Atlantic and Health News. The study was referenced by publications in several foreign languages including Chinese and Spanish.

La Presse, New York Daily News, Futura-Sciences, Mid Day, Business World, Magicmaman.com, Infobébés, The Regina Leader Post, Le Vif (Belgium),   Association for Psychological Science, Nursery World, LiveScience, Med India, South China Morning Post, Tehran Times, Nagaland Postiol (South Africa), Qatar Tribune, The Daily Mail (U.K.), The Imperfect Parent, Medical News Today, Online International News Network, The New Age, Med India, Times of Malta, Antaranews.com, Daily Me, BioScholar and BrightSurf.com also featured this study. Poulin-Dubois was also interviewed by 98.5 FM on December 6 and Dutrizac on December 7. Radio-Canada’s À la une mentioned this study.  

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