Longitudinal Associations Between the Quality of Mother–Infant Interactions and Brain Development Across InfancyChild Development - Tập 87 Số 4 - Trang 1159-1174 - 2016
Annie Bernier, Susan D. Calkins, Martha Ann Bell
The aim of this study was to investigate if normative variations in parenting relate to brain development among typically developing children. A sample of 352 mother–infant dyads came to the laboratory when infants were 5, 10, and 24 months of age (final N = 215). At each visit, child resting electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded. Mother–infant interactions w...... hiện toàn bộ
The Development of Self‐Regulation in the First Four Years of LifeChild Development - Tập 72 Số 4 - Trang 1091-1111 - 2001
Grazyna Kochanska, Katherine C. Coy, Kathleen Murray
This study examined longitudinally the development of self‐regulation in 108 young children during the first 4 years of life. Children's committed compliance (when they eagerly embraced maternal agenda) and situational compliance (when they cooperated, but without a sincere commitment) were studied. Both forms of compliance were observed in “Do” contexts, in which the mothers requested tha...... hiện toàn bộ
Preschoolers Are Sensitive to the Speaker’s Knowledge When Learning Proper NamesChild Development - Tập 73 Số 2 - Trang 434-444 - 2002
Susan Birch, Paul Bloom
Unobservable properties that are specific to individuals, such as their proper names, can only be known by people who are familiar with those individuals. Do young children utilize this “familiarity principle” when learning language? Experiment 1 tested whether forty‐eight 2‐ to 4‐year‐old children were able to determine the referent of a proper name such as “Jessie” based on the knowledge...... hiện toàn bộ
Silent Films and Strange Stories: Theory of Mind, Gender, and Social Experiences in Middle ChildhoodChild Development - Tập 84 Số 3 - Trang 989-1003 - 2013
Rory T. Devine, Claire Hughes
In this study of two hundred and thirty 8‐ to 13‐year‐olds, a new “Silent Films” task is introduced, designed to address the dearth of research on theory of mind in older children by providing a film‐based analogue of F. G. E. Happé's (1994) Strange Stories task. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that all items from both tasks loaded onto a single theory‐of‐mind latent factor. With effec...... hiện toàn bộ
Korean Preschoolers’ Advanced Inhibitory Control and Its Relation to Other Executive Skills and Mental State UnderstandingChild Development - Tập 79 Số 1 - Trang 80-99 - 2008
Seungmi Oh, Charlie Lewis
This study assessed executive function and mental state understanding in Korean preschoolers. In Experiment 1, forty 3.5‐ and 4‐year‐old Koreans showed ceiling performance on inhibition and switching measures, although their performance on working memory and false belief was comparable to that of Western children. Experiment 2 revealed a similar advantage in a sample of seventy‐six 3‐ and ...... hiện toàn bộ