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Petersen, Anne C. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
This study investigated the relationship of physical manifestations of sex hormone influence to cognitive functioning in a longitudinal sample of 106 adolescent males and 99 females (ages 13, 16, and 18 years). Analyses of the 35 males and 40 females who had all cognitive and physical data at all three ages are reported here. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Physical Development
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Rose, Susan A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1976
In this study, an attempt was made to determine whether psychophysiological differences existed between 20 prematurely born and 20 full-term infants in their responsiveness to tactile stimulation and in their ability to discriminate among different intensities of such stimulation. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Heart Rate, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Waber, Deborah P. – Developmental Psychology, 1977
The central thesis of this study was that maturational rate, or its physiological correlates, influences the development of the organization of higher cortical functions and is therefore an important determinant of sex differences in verbal and spatial abilities. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Physical Development