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Kretch, Kari S.; Marcinowski, Emily C.; Hsu, Lin-Ya; Koziol, Natalie A.; Harbourne, Regina T.; Lobo, Michele A.; Dusing, Stacey C. – Developmental Science, 2023
The development of independent sitting changes everyday opportunities for learning and has cascading effects on cognitive and language development. Prior to independent sitting, infants experience the sitting position with physical support from caregivers. Why does supported sitting not provide the same input for learning that is experienced in…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition
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Milosavljevic, Bosiljka; Vellekoop, Perijne; Maris, Helen; Halliday, Drew; Drammeh, Saikou; Sanyang, Lamin; Darboe, Momodou K.; Elwell, Clare; Moore, Sophie E.; Lloyd-Fox, Sarah – Developmental Science, 2019
Infants in low-resource settings are at heightened risk for compromised cognitive development due to a multitude of environmental insults in their surroundings. However, the onset of adverse outcomes and trajectory of cognitive development in these settings is not well understood. The aims of the present study were to adapt the Mullen Scales of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Ability, Young Children, Motor Development
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Schoner, Gregor; Dineva, Evelina – Developmental Science, 2007
That competences may emerge given appropriate environmental and behavioral context is a long-standing theme in developmental research. Work in the motor domain, but also in cognitive development, has made it possible to transform this idea into a mechanistic account closely linked to empirical evidence. In dynamic systems thinking, such capacities…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Learning Processes, Physical Activity Level, Motor Development