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Wass, Sam V.; de Barbaro, Kaya; Clackson, Kaili; Leong, Victoria – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Previous research is inconsistent as to whether a more labile (faster-changing) autonomic system confers performance advantages, or disadvantages, in infants and children. To examine this, we presented a stimulus battery consisting of mixed static and dynamic viewing materials to a cohort of 63 typical 12-month-old infants. While viewing the…
Descriptors: Infants, Attention, Anxiety, Attention Span
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Sanson, Ann; Letcher, Primrose; Smart, Diana; Prior, Margot; Toumbourou, John W.; Oberklaid, Frank – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2009
The study adopted a person-centered approach to examine whether clusters of children could be identified on the basis of temperament profiles assessed on four occasions from infancy to early childhood, and if so whether differing temperament clusters were associated with subsequent differences in behavior problems, social skills, and school…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Infants, Young Children, Personality Traits
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Vaughan Van Hecke, Amy; Mundy, Peter C.; Acra, C. Francoise.; Block, Jessica J.; Delgado, Christine E. F.; Parlade, Meaghan V.; Meyer, Jessica A.; Neal, A. Rebecca; Pomares, Yuly B. – Child Development, 2007
Infant joint attention has been observed to be related to social-emotional outcomes in at-risk children. To address whether this relation is also evident in typically developing children, 52 children were tested at 12, 15, 24, and 30 months to examine associations between infant joint attention and social outcomes. Twelve-month initiating and…
Descriptors: Infants, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Competence, Attention Span
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Gaultney, Jane F.; Gingras, Jeannine L.; Martin, Mindy; DeBrule, Daniel – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
The authors used the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence (J. F. Fagan, L. T. Singer, J. E. Montie, & P. A. Shepherd, 1986) to examine preferences for novelty and to evaluate several indicators of attention (off- and on-task indexes and durations) in 6- and 9-month-old infants who had been prenatally exposed to cigarette smoke only or to cocaine plus…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Cocaine, Infants, Age Differences