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Kim, Minju; Schachner, Adena – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Dance is a universal human behavior and a crucial component of human musicality. When and how does the motivation and tendency to move to music develop? How does this behavior change as a process of maturation and learning? We characterize infants' earliest dance behavior, leveraging parents' extensive at-home observations of their children.…
Descriptors: Parents, Infants, Dance, Infant Behavior
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Schneider, Joshua L.; Iverson, Jana M. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
New motor skills supply infants with new possibilities for action and have consequences for development in unexpected places. For example, the transition from crawling to walking is accompanied by gains in other abilities--better ways to move, see the world, and engage in social interactions (e.g., Adolph & Tamis-LeMonda, 2014). Do the…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Psychomotor Skills, Infants, Linguistic Input
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Ryan, Rebecca M.; Claessens, Amy – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Most children in the U.S. today will experience one or more changes in family structure. The present study explores the implications of this trend for child development by investigating the conditions under which family structure changes matter most to child well-being. Using data from the Maternal and Child Supplement of the National Longitudinal…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Family Structure, Family Characteristics
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Posner, Michael I.; Rothbart, Mary K.; Sheese, Brad E.; Voelker, Pascale – Developmental Psychology, 2012
In adults, most cognitive and emotional self-regulation is carried out by a network of brain regions, including the anterior cingulate, insula, and areas of the basal ganglia, related to executive attention. We propose that during infancy, control systems depend primarily upon a brain network involved in orienting to sensory events that includes…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Brain, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Response
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Nagy, Emese – Developmental Psychology, 2008
In most of our social life we communicate and relate to others. Successful interpersonal relating is crucial to physical and mental well-being and growth. This study, using the still-face paradigm, demonstrates that even human neonates (n = 90, 3-96 hr after birth) adjust their behavior according to the social responsiveness of their interaction…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Social Life, Neonates, Interpersonal Relationship
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Li-Grining, Christine P. – Developmental Psychology, 2007
Existing developmental models of effortful control focus more on the roles of child characteristics and parenting and focus less on the contributions of poverty-related stressors to individual differences in children's self-regulatory competence. Using a representative sample of low-income, predominantly African American and Latino children (n =…
Descriptors: Risk, Body Weight, Individual Differences, Preschool Children