In this video, I talk about the study that reported a drop in baby cognitive scores during the lockdowns. What do the researchers believe caused this drop exactly? And for those of us who have babies, what can we learn from this to help boost our own baby's cognitive development?

The news article I refer to is:
Dyer, O. (2021). Covid-19: Children born during the pandemic score lower on cognitive tests, study finds.

The research study I refer to is: Deoni, S. C., Beauchemin, J., Volpe, A., D’Sa, V., & Resonance Consortium. (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early child cognitive development: initial findings in a longitudinal observational study of child health. MedRxiv.

For further reading, you might be interested in:
Provenzi, L., Grumi, S., Altieri, L., Bensi, G., Bertazzoli, E., Biasucci, G., ... & MOM-COPE Study Group. (2023). Prenatal maternal stress during the COVID-19 pandemic and infant regulatory capacity at 3 months: A longitudinal study. Development and Psychopathology, 35(1), 35-43.

Nazzari, S., Grumi, S., Biasucci, G., Decembrino, L., Fazzi, E., Giacchero, R., ... & MOM-COPE Study Group. (2023). Maternal pandemic-related stress during pregnancy associates with infants’ socio-cognitive development at 12 months: A longitudinal multi-centric study. Plos one, 18(4), e0284578.