Dr. Stephen Lim appointed as Fulbright Researcher

Stephen Lim

We are proud to announce that Dr. Stephen Lim has clinched the competitive 2014 Fulbright Researcher Award. Dr. Lim will be fully supported to conduct cognitive-educational psychology research at Purdue University in collaboration with Jeffrey Karpicke, whose scientific work has been featured thrice in the prestigious journal Science. During his stint, Dr. Lim will also be exchanging his views and ideas on issues concerning higher education with members of Purdue’s Office of the Provost.

We extend our warmest congratulations and best wishes to Dr. Stephen Lim.

Research: Babies in bilingual environment can differentiate between languages and tones below the age of one

Thursday, 31 July 2014

Lianhe Zaobao

It was reported that a study conducted by NUS researchers, led by Associate Professor Leher Singh from the Department of Psychology at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, found that infants under a year old are able to absorb information in Mandarin and even tell the four main tones apart. The researchers recommended that parents could expose their children to two languages as early as possible.