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Peer reviewedLasky, Robert E.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Investigated the relationship between anthropometric indices and behavioral development during the first two years of life in rural Guatemala. Body length and weight most strongly correlated with behavioral development. When length and weight were controlled statistically, variance in behavioral development was accounted for. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior
Peer reviewedLasky, Robert E.; Klein, Robert E. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1979
Demonstrates that eye contact per se, and not solely the inherent attractiveness of the eyes and face, is salient to five-month-old infants. Five-month-old infants can distinguish when another person is looking at them, rather than at a nearby location. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Eye Fixations, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior, Infants
Peer reviewedLasky, Robert E.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
The behavioral development of rural Guatemalan infants was assessed shortly after birth on a Neonatal Assessment Scale (NAS) and at 6-, 15-, and 24-months-of-age on a Composite Infant Scale (CIS). Summary variables based on NAS performance poorly predicted later assessed performance even as recently as six months after birth. The CIS modestly…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior
