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Education and culture affect children’s understanding of the human body

March 14, 2014 by

Experiences of life and death can help children's understanding of the human body and its function, according to research published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology.The study by academics Dr Georgia Panagiotaki and Dr Gavin Nobes from the University of East Anglia (UEA) found that children as young as four and five can understand that the human body works to keep us alive.

Education and culture affect children’s understanding of the human body

March 14, 2014 by

Experiences of life and death can help children's understanding of the human body and its function, according to research published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology.The study by academics Dr Georgia Panagiotaki and Dr Gavin Nobes from the University of East Anglia (UEA) found that children as young as four and five can understand that the human body works to keep us alive.

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