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Jorge Cuartas; Dana C. McCoy; Isabella Torres; Lindsey Burghardt; Jack P. Shonkoff; Hirokazu Yoshikawa – Child Development Perspectives, 2024
The climate crisis encompasses a constellation of risks that threaten human livelihoods, well-being, and survival globally. In this article, we present a new framework based on bioecological and dynamic systems perspectives, and on evidence for conceptualizing how the distinctive dual time frame of both acute (e.g., extreme weather events) and…
Descriptors: Climate, Child Development, Prenatal Influences, Perinatal Influences
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Andrew W. Corcoran; Kelsey Perrykkad; Daniel Feuerriegel; Jonathan E. Robinson – Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2025
Embodied cognition--the idea that mental states and processes should be understood in relation to one's bodily constitution and interactions with the world--remains a controversial topic within cognitive science. Recently, however, increasing interest in predictive processing theories among proponents and critics of embodiment alike has raised…
Descriptors: Physiology, Brain, Cognitive Development, Prenatal Influences
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Cardenas, Sofia I.; Morris, Alyssa R.; Marshall, Narcis; Aviv, Elizabeth C.; Martínez García, Magdalena; Sellery, Pia; Saxbe, Darby E. – Child Development Perspectives, 2022
Extensive research has established that fathers' engagement in parenting benefits children, but few studies have described how fathers contribute to child development even before birth. In this article, we consider both direct and indirect pathways through which expectant fathers shape child development during the prenatal period. Regarding direct…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Role, Child Rearing, Child Development
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Rutland, Julie Harp; Hawkins-Lear, Sarah; Gooden, Caroline J. – Young Exceptional Children, 2023
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) is the term used to describe newborn experiences of withdrawal after exposure to opioids or other substances in utero (Kondili & Duryea, 2019). An urgent need exists for trained practitioners to serve children with NAS and their families (e.g., Gregory, 2014; Hancock et al., 2017; Health care Cost and…
Descriptors: Neonates, Drug Abuse, Prenatal Influences, Drug Rehabilitation
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Thomas, Michael S. C.; Coecke, Selma – Cognitive Science, 2023
Differences in socioeconomic status (SES) correlate both with differences in cognitive development and in brain structure. Associations between SES and brain measures such as cortical surface area and cortical thickness mediate differences in cognitive skills such as executive function and language. However, causal accounts that link SES, brain,…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Cognitive Processes, Brain, Cognitive Development
Coburn, Katrina; Keating, Kim; Jennings-Shaffer, Jennifer – ZERO TO THREE, 2021
This article explores the many ways in which states can and are addressing racial equity in problem solving and policymaking. The authors explore national data that make the case for addressing bias and advancing equity in state policy; share strategies and best practices for engaging families and communities; and provide examples of policies that…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Equal Education, State Policy, Best Practices