1. Those children who were encouraged to play with educational toys didn’t become more intelligent, but were more analytical in their approach to problems in later life. The research showed that learning toys encouraged patience and taught people to break down a problem into its simplest parts in order to overcome tasks

2. Children that favoured playing with toys that looked like humans (such as dolls), tended to have more advanced interaction skills and could communicate better as an adult. Children increase their interaction level with toys the more they appear to be human research has shown, which means they are more likely to talk and share their emotions with dolls than most other toys.

3. Probably the most interesting finding from the research was that children who always had access to toys wherever they were, not only had more confidence in later life but had better earnings. This means if children played with bath toys, took toys out and about with them and had access to toys at friends houses etc, they became more successful in later life.

There is of course the argument of unknown cause and effect which could undermine this research potentially. What is meant by this is do children become influenced by the toys they play with or do they pick certain toys because of the type of people they already are? The answer is probably a combination of the two, but the report is still very interesting.

1. Those children who were encouraged to play with educational toys did not become more intelligent, but were more analytical in their approach to problems in later life. The research showed that learning toys developed patience and taught people to break down a problem into its simplest parts in order to overcome tasks

2. People who often played with dolls or toys that toys that had human qualities, developed better communication and interaction skills in later life. Children increase their interaction level with toys the more they appear to be human research has shown, which means they are more likely to talk and share their emotions with dolls than most other toys.

3. Probably the most interesting finding from the research was that children who always had access to toys wherever they were, not only had more confidence in later life but had better earnings. This means if children played with bath toys, took toys out and about with them and had access to toys at friends houses etc, they became more successful in later life.

An important point to note with this research however is that it is not clear which way round the influencing factors occurred. What is meant by this is do children become influenced by the toys they play with or do they pick certain toys because of the type of people they already are? In reality its probably somewhere in the middle, but nevertheless the research is still quite revealing.