Two experiments investigated the proclivity of 14‐month‐old infants (a) to
altruistically help others toward individual goals, and (b) to cooperate toward
a shared goal. The infants helped another person by handing over objects the
other person was unsuccessfully reaching for, but did not help reliably in
situations involving more complex goals. When a programmed adult partner
interrupted a joint ... hiện toàn bộ
Elizabeth Meins, Charles Fernyhough, Marc de Rosnay, Bronia Arnott, Susan Leekam, Michelle Turner
In a socially diverse sample of 206 infant–mother pairs, we investigated
predictors of infants’ attachment security at 15 months, with a particular
emphasis on mothers’ tendency to comment appropriately or in a non‐attuned
manner on their 8‐month‐olds’ internal states (so‐called mind‐mindedness).
Multinomial logistic regression analyses showed that higher scores for
appropriate mind‐related commen... hiện toàn bộ
Jessica Laranjo, Annie Bernier, Elizabeth Meins, Stephanie M. Carlson
This study investigated two aspects of mother–child relationships—mothers’
mind‐mindedness and infant attachment security—in relation to two early aspects
of children’s theory of mind development (ToM). Sixty‐one mother–child dyads (36
girls) participated in testing phases at 12 (T1), 15 (T2), and 26 months of age
(T3), allowing for assessment of maternal mind‐mindedness (T1), infant
attachment (T... hiện toàn bộ
Recent work showed that infants recognize and store function words starting from
the age of 6–8 months. Using a visual fixation procedure, the present study
tested whether French‐learning 14‐month‐olds have the knowledge of syntactic
categories of determiners and pronouns, respectively, and whether they can use
these function words for categorizing novel words to nouns and verbs. The
prosodic char... hiện toàn bộ
Following Meltzoff's (1995) behavioral reenactment paradigm, this study
investigated the ability of 12‐month‐olds (N = 44) to reproduce a model's
attempted‐but‐failed actions on objects. Testing was conducted using a novel set
of objects designed to enable young infants to readily identify the potential
outcome of the model's actions. Infants who saw an adult's attempted‐but‐failed
actions now pro... hiện toàn bộ
Research has identified associations between indicators of social disadvantage
and the presence of child sleep problems. We examined the longitudinal
development of infant sleep in families experiencing high (n = 58) or low (n =
64) levels of psychosocial adversity, and the contributions of neonatal
self‐regulatory capacities and maternal settling strategies to this development.
Assessments of inf... hiện toàn bộ
Li Wei, Mi‐lan J. Woudstra, Marjolein C.E. Branger, La-Mei Wang, Lenneke R. A. Alink, Judi Mesman, Rosanneke A. G. Emmen
AbstractMost still‐face paradigm (SFP) studies have been done in Western
families with infant–mother dyads. The present study investigated the SFP
pattern in 123 Dutch and 63 Chinese 4‐month‐old infants with mothers and
fathers. The classic SFP effect was found for positive affect and gaze in both
countries. For negative affect, Chinese infants showed a different SFP pattern
than Dutch infants. Wi... hiện toàn bộ
Alleyne P. R. Broomell, Jyoti Savla, Martha Ann Bell
Previous work has suggested that individual differences in infant functional
neuroconnectivity are a potential biomarker for later cognitive and social
outcomes, but the mechanisms are unclear. This study investigated a longitudinal
model of infant frontotemporal electroencephalogram (EEG) coherence predicting
toddler inhibition, which then predicted childhood social responsiveness. A
structural e... hiện toàn bộ