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Peer reviewedHess, Valerie L.; Pick, Anne D. – Child Development, 1974
Presents two studies which investigated the relative importance of various features in the discrimination of faces. (SDH)
Descriptors: Cues, Eyes, Perception, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedGiordani, Bruno; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Examines stability of individual differences in behaviorally induced heart-rate reactivity in 34 boys presented a cognitive task. Task-related heart-rate reactivity revealed substantial and highly reproducible individual differences in heart-rate reactivity independent of subjects' task performance. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Style, Difficulty Level, Heart Rate
Peer reviewedDozier, Mary; Kobak, R. Rogers – Child Development, 1992
Monitored skin conductance of college students while they recalled experiences of separation, rejection, and threat from parents. Students who diverted attention from attachment information to deal with attachment-related issues showed increases in skin conductance levels from baseline. (BC)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, College Students, Inhibition, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedLewis, Michael; Ramsay, Douglas – Child Development, 2002
This study examined individual differences in 4-year-old children's expression of the self-conscious emotions of embarrassment and shame and their relation to differences in cortisol response to stress. Results indicated the presence of two different types of embarrassment--one that reflected negative evaluation of the self, and the other a…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Emotional Response, Preschool Children, Psychophysiology
Peer reviewedRidderinkhof, K. Richard; van der Molen, Maurits W. – Child Development, 1995
Examined age-related changes in visual selective attention--ability to resist interference--in children 5 to 12 years old and adults. The interference effect on stimulus evaluation did not discriminate between age groups; however, the interference effect on correct response activation showed a pronounced age-related reduction, suggesting a…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention, Attention Control
Peer reviewedEl-Sheikh, Mona; Harger, JoAnn; Whitson, Stephanie M. – Child Development, 2001
Examined physiological regulation as a moderator in the relations between exposure to verbal and physical parental marital conflict and 8- to 12-year-olds' adjustment and physical health. Found that higher vagal tone buffered children against increased externalizing, internalizing, and health problems related to marital conflict. Higher delta…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Child Health, Children
