Synopsis
A simple experiment while a baby is wearing a brain scanner, measures the activity in the frontal cortex which can indicate a baby's development of self-control.
- Programme: Babies: Their Wonderful World
- Series: 1
- Episode: Becoming You
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Education & Childcare | Support and promote children's play, development and early education
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Add Notes
More clips from Babies: Their Wonderful World
Basic temperament types | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Basic temperament types | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Dr Emily Jones believes it is possible to tell a baby's temperament at just six months, which suggests that these tra...
Developing interests | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Developing interests | Babies: Their Wonderful World
As babies reach 18 months, they become more independent and start to choose different activities.
Early language development | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Early language development | Babies: Their Wonderful World
At around their second year, babies usually have an explosion of talk but scientists know very little about this. ...
Technology on early development | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Technology on early development | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Early research suggests touchscreens may be negatively impacting on babies' sleep and attention.
Basic temperament types | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Basic temperament types | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Dr Emily Jones believes it is possible to tell a baby's temperament at just six months, which suggests that these tra...
Developing interests | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Developing interests | Babies: Their Wonderful World
As babies reach 18 months, they become more independent and start to choose different activities.
Early language development | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Early language development | Babies: Their Wonderful World
At around their second year, babies usually have an explosion of talk but scientists know very little about this. ...
Technology on early development | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Technology on early development | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Early research suggests touchscreens may be negatively impacting on babies' sleep and attention.
More resources about Education and Childcare
Episode 3 | School
Episode 3 | School
The pressure on Marlwood School increases when Ofsted announces an inspection in two days.
Episode 6 | School
Episode 6 | School
As GCSEs approach, Mangotsfield School targets disadvantaged, underachieving boys. An impending Ofsted inspection will scrutinise progress.
Episode 5 | School
Episode 5 | School
Bad behaviour is undermining learning in the Castle School Education Trust. Will Roberts introduces a strict behaviour management system.
The Diversity of the contemporary family | The British Family
The Diversity of the contemporary family | The British Family
Jaqueline Wilson and Kirsty Young discuss how the classic nuclear family has changed in contemporary culture.
Behaviour Support Team | A Special School
Behaviour Support Team | A Special School
The behaviour support team speak about their work with the children who find it tough to get through the school day and misbehave.
Britain's Child Health Crisis | Panorama
Britain's Child Health Crisis | Panorama
Rahil Sheikh tries to discover what's causing Britain's child health crisis and what can be done to fix it. Keir Starmer has promise...
Disproving Piaget | Growing Babies
Disproving Piaget | Growing Babies
Jean Piaget believed that children were born and started from scratch with their infantile mental development, which was mostly denounced ...
Episode 2 | School
Episode 2 | School
The head teacher of Marlwood School in Gloucestershire faces a perfect storm.
Changes in the status of children in the family and society | The British Family
Changes in the status of children in the family and society | The British Family
A look at how the ways in which children are viewed have changed over time.
Episode 4 | School
Episode 4 | School
This episode follows students with special needs as the future level of funding to support them in a mainstream school is debated.
Episode 2 | Too Tough to Teach
Episode 2 | Too Tough to Teach
In the final episode, we meet the newest addition to the Ian Mikardo High School and the school's longest-attending student.
Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad
Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad
Documentary following Rio Ferdinand a year after losing his wife to cancer as he tries to come to terms with the loss and its effects on him...
Episode 1 | Britain's Biggest Primary School
Episode 1 | Britain's Biggest Primary School
Brand new observational series about Gascoigne primary school which has more than 1,100 pupils. The school must try and settle a...
Episode 2 | Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School
Episode 2 | Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School
As the project continues, the kids rebel against the harsh regime of long days and strict discipline. Behaviour in the ...
1: War in the Womb | Growing Babies
1: War in the Womb | Growing Babies
Laverne Antrobus examines foetal-maternal conflict, an idea sometimes blamed for behavioural and psychological disorders such as Tourette...
Britain's elderly | The British Family
Britain's elderly | The British Family
With grandparents living longer, modern parents are in a dilemma when ageing and healthcare become an issue.
Childcare and the affect on the child | Baby Monthly
Childcare and the affect on the child | Baby Monthly
Can regularly leaving your children with someone who isn't their parent have a profound effect on them mentally in later...
Core knowledge in the womb | Growing Babies
Core knowledge in the womb | Growing Babies
3D scanning provides us with clear visuals of behaviour patterns to indicate evidence for the idea of "core knowledge".
Early language development | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Early language development | Babies: Their Wonderful World
At around their second year, babies usually have an explosion of talk but scientists know very little about this. ...
Episode 2 | Tough Young Teachers
Episode 2 | Tough Young Teachers
The honeymoon period is over and the teachers quickly have to work out a way to keep the kids engaged so their behaviour doesn't go downhill.