Behav Brain Sci. 2026 Jul 3;49:e262. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X25104160.
ABSTRACT
As developmental science expands globally, its theories and methods must rise to the challenge. Children worldwide develop within caregiving ecologies that often differ from traditional family models. Understanding how infants adapt within these contexts reveals general principles of human development. Achieving this requires structural change: consensus-building, open methods, and theories grounded in the environments where most children actually grow up.
PMID:42396681 | DOI:10.1017/S0140525X25104160
