02: Becoming Social | Babies: Their Wonderful World

01: Becoming You | Babies: Their Wonderful World

This episode explores how changes in the first two years of life make us individuals, how tablet use affects our babies and ...

03: Becoming Independent | Babies: Their Wonderful World

Episode three reveals how crawling transforms our understanding of the world, when our memory first develops and how...

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...

Communication, coordination, cooperation | Babies: Their Wonderful World

A simple test involving pulling two levers explores how without talking babies can communicate throu...

Depth perception in babies | Babies: Their Wonderful World

The visual cliff tests the importance of crawling for development of depth perception.

Developing a sense of self | Babies: Their Wonderful World

Between 16 and 24 months babies begin to realise who they are; this is shown through using a mirror as an experime...

Developing interests | Babies: Their Wonderful World

As babies reach 18 months, they become more independent and start to choose different activities.

Developing self control | Babies: Their Wonderful World

A simple experiment while a baby is wearing a brain scanner, measures the activity in the frontal cortex which can in...

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. ...

Empathy | Babies: Their Wonderful World

Using a baby doll and a crying sound effect, an 18-month-old expresses empathy for the doll and asks her mum for help.

Good and bad | Babies: Their Wonderful World

The researchers wonder whether babies are making decisions about good and bad before they are even taught these concepts.

Laughter and social interaction | Babies: Their Wonderful World

The researchers discuss laughter in children and the important part it plays in babies' development of social...

Managing tantrums | Babies: Their Wonderful World

With a full body suit linked to a computer, the researchers measure the body statistics of a baby while she has a tantrum, ...

Memory and separation anxiety | Babies: Their Wonderful World

The researchers do a test in the lab to look for the first stage of memory in babies less than one-year-old.

One to one attention | Babies: Their Wonderful World

A simple experiment shows how important one-on-one attention can be for young babies.

Talking to babies | Babies: Their Wonderful World

Scientists setup an experiment to find out the best way to talk to a baby.

Technology on early development | Babies: Their Wonderful World

Early research suggests touchscreens may be negatively impacting on babies' sleep and attention.

The importance of crawling | Babies: Their Wonderful World

Using a transparent floor that gives the illusion of a drop, babies are encouraged to crawl across this surface to...

Walking | Babies: Their Wonderful World

Using technology, the researchers explore how babies' perception of the world changes when they evolve from crawling to walking.