Coming in second might get your kids to eat more vegetables
Coming in second might get your kids to eat more vegetables
- July 18, 2019
- Emily Sumner, cog sci, in Arcamax, July 18, 2019
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Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, have determined that toddlers
21 to 27 months old experience something called the "recency bias." … That means when
they're asked if they would rather have cake or broccoli, 85.2% of the time, when
answering verbally, they'll choose broccoli over cake because it was the last option
they heard.
For the full story, please visit https://www.arcamax.com/healthandspirit/health/youdocs/s-2249967.
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