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Gogate, Lakshmi J.; Bahrick, Lorraine E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1998
Investigated 7-month olds' ability to relate vowel sounds with objects when intersensory redundancy was present versus absent. Found that infants detected a mismatch in the vowel-object pairs in the moving-synchronous condition but not in the still or moving-asynchronous condition, demonstrating that temporal synchrony between vocalizations and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Habituation, Infants, Learning Processes
Kiernan, Dennis W.; DuBose, Rebecca F. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1974
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Deaf Blind, Exceptional Child Research, Infants
Fernie, David – 1988
This ERIC Digest discusses children's play and its relationship to developmental growth from infancy to middle childhood. Discussion focuses on: (1) sensorimotor play in which infants and toddlers experiment with bodily sensation, motor movements, objects, and people; (2) pretend play in which children carry out action plans, take on roles, and…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Games, Developmental Stages, Guidelines
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Santin, Sylvia; Simmons, Joyce Nesker – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1977
The paper argues the position that, given different sensory equipment, and therefore a different data base, the congenitally blind child necessarily develops and organizes his perceptions of the world in an intrinsically different way from the sighted. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Blindness, Child Development, Cognitive Development
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Kaufmann-Hayoz, Ruth; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines 3-month-old infants' perception of "camouflaged" forms that were only visible when moving. Shows infants effectively use kinetic information to organize visual input in higher-order structures. (HOD)
Descriptors: Habituation, Infants, Kinesthetic Perception, Motion
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Pearce, Joseph Chilton – NAMTA Journal, 1994
Examines the nature of mother-child bonding from the prenatal stage through early infancy, discussing how the mother's actions, even before birth, stimulate her child's senses. Explains the crucial role that physical contact, breastfeeding, and visual stimuli have on mother-child bonding in human and animal newborns. (MDM)
Descriptors: Animals, Attachment Behavior, Breastfeeding, Child Development
Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Childhood Today, 2005
When a baby is born, parents check for fingers and toes, and over the next few weeks remain alert to whether the baby can see and hear. When babies nurse well, parents are assured that the sense of taste and smell are fine. But what about touch? This crucial sense for babies is often overlooked. In this article, the author discusses how to ensure…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Infant Care, Child Rearing
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Zambo, Debby; Hansen, Cory Cooper – Young Children, 2007
How can language and literacy enhance emotional development in the very young (birth to three years)? Although all children begin to understand their world through language and social interaction, literacy differs from culture to culture. It can range from oral stories of personal and cultural relevance to songs of ethnic pride and includes a…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Caregivers, Picture Books
d'Agostino, Micheline – Children in the Tropics, 1986
This journal issue presents an overview of mother-child interaction during the first year of the child's life. Contents of the first section, which concern the development of the mother-child relationship, focus on the concept of the maternal instinct, mother and child during intrauterine life, birth of the child, the postnatal period (including…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Birth, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
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Bushnell, Emily W.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Investigating relationship between infants' visual and tactual exploration, looking and touching responses of 6-month-olds to objects only visually or tactually novel were observed. Results indicated infants were capable of tactual recognition memory, that temperature was salient object property, and that visual and tactual exploration are not…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Exploratory Behavior, Infant Behavior, Infants
Segal, Marilyn M. – 1973
This easy-to-read manual for parents describes what a baby learns in the first year of life and suggests specific things parents or caregivers can do to encourage a baby to use his body, senses, and mind to communicate. Each chapter is concerned with 1 month of the infant's life and includes sections on (1) Baby's Viewpoint (discussion of the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Guides, Infants, Learning Activities
Rogow, Sally M. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1973
To insure the development of normal speech, the multiply handicapped blind infant or child needs oral/vocal sensory stimulation associated with communication experiences. (DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Child Development, Exceptional Child Education, Infants
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Pretorius, E.; Naude, H.; van Vuuren, C. J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2002
Contends that cultural practices such as carrying the baby on the mother's back for prolonged periods can impact negatively on development of visual integration during the sensorimotor stage pathways by preventing adequate or enough crawling. Maintains that crawling is essential for cross- modality integration and that higher mental functions may…
Descriptors: Brain, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences
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Ackles, Patrick K.; Karrer, Rathe – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1991
Rejects the neuronal fatigue, or selective adaptation, hypothesis of young infant habituation. Holds that studies cited by Dannemiller and Banks do not support the inferences of selective adaptation. Rejects the hypothetical neurophysiological mechanism of neuronal fatigue. Proposes that studies do not indicate that young infants' visual cortical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Criticism, Evaluation Criteria, Habituation
Raack, Catherine B. – 1989
This program focuses on therapeutic principles and methods for prelinguistic and early language learning, with the goals of increased cognitive functions and sensory awareness/interaction, expanded communicative repertoires, and increased caregiver interaction with the child through appropriate stimuli and assignment of communicative intent. The…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Infants
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