Barbie® and neuroscientists from Cardiff University have collaborated on a new study which for the first time uses neuroimaging as evidence to explore the effects of doll play Evidence shows that doll ...

When Danny Charbel’s daughter first became interested in Barbie, the professional realtor knew what needed to happen. The pair gathered the 5-year old’s newly acquired collection of dolls and then put ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) announced that Barbie and a team of neuroscientists at Cardiff University have released the latest findings from a multi-year study ...

The latest peer-reviewed findings from the third year of the study from Cardiff University suggest that doll play could be a beneficial playtime experience for children with varying social ...

I arrived half an hour early to the Boston Public Library, anxiously clutching a canvas tote bag with my childhood Samantha doll inside. The event managers admired my punctuality but told me I ...

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Ultrathin dolls could be detrimental to young girls' body image, a new study has shown.Researchers observed 5- to 9-year-olds playing with dolls of different body types and found girls who played with ...

M3GAN 2.0 is coming to save our summer plans. While I love this dancing, deadly doll, I also recognize that she is one of the popular girls. She sits at the murder doll table with Chucky and Tiffany ...

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One Christmas I lucked out. It was at the height of the Cabbage Patch craze and my parents had warned me that Santa Claus couldn’t deliver everything, like an unprecedented, coveted doll. But Santa ...