We’re learning just how early in life empathy starts to move us
What contagious crying, comforting hugs and other cute behaviour in infants tells us about the roots of emotional connection
by Zanna Clay & Carlo Vreden
Carlo Vreden completed their PhD at Durham University in the UK, during which they studied cross-cultural variation in infant socio-emotional development. Currently, they are a postdoctoral researcher at the DIPF (Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education) in Germany, where they are investigating the mechanisms of children’s self-directed learning across different cultures.
Written by Carlo Vreden