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Bremner, J. Gavin; Johnson, Scott P.; Slater, Alan; Mason, Uschi; Foster, Kirsty; Cheshire, Andrea; Spring, Joanne – Child Development, 2005
When an object moves behind an occluder and re-emerges, 4-month-old infants perceive trajectory continuity only when the occluder is narrow, raising the question of whether time or distance out of sight is the important constraining variable. One hundred and forty 4-month-olds were tested in five experiments aimed to disambiguate time and distance…
Descriptors: Infants, Infant Behavior, Perceptual Development, Visual Perception
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Farrant, Brad M.; Fletcher, Janet; Maybery, Murray T. – Child Development, 2006
Recent research has found that the acquisition of theory of mind (ToM) is delayed in children with specific language impairment (SLI). The present study used a battery of ToM and visual perspective taking (VPT) tasks to investigate whether the delayed acquisition of ToM in children with SLI is associated with delayed VPT development. Harris'…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Cognitive Ability, Perspective Taking, Visual Perception
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Wassenberg, Renske; Feron, Frans J. M.; Kessels, Alfons G. H.; Hendriksen, Jos G. M.; Kalff, Ariane C.; Kroes, Marielle; Hurks, Petra P. M.; Beeren, Miranda; Jolles, Jelle; Vles, Johan S. H. – Child Development, 2005
The relation between cognitive and motor performance was studied in a sample of 378 children aged 5-6. Half of these children had no behavior problems; the others were selected for externalizing (38%) or internalizing problems (12%). Quantitative and qualitative aspects of motor performance were related to several aspects of cognition, after…
Descriptors: Memory, Behavior Problems, Motor Development, Cognitive Ability