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Direct linkVladimir M. Sloutsky; Robby Ralston; Brandon M. Turner; Simona Ghetti – Child Development Perspectives, 2025
From the earliest moments in their lives, infants begin to build memories about their past and accumulate knowledge about the world. In this article, we focus on the distinction between memory for "specific" events and memory for "general" information, and the ongoing debate about which type of memory provides the foundation…
Descriptors: Memory, Cognitive Development, Mnemonics, Infants
Andrew J. Ross; Elizabeth D. Handley; Sheree L. Toth; Dante Cicchetti – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
Despite findings that developmental timing of maltreatment is a critical factor in predicting subsequent outcomes, children's developmental stage is understudied in maltreatment research. Moreover, childhood maltreatment is associated with the development of maladaptive peer relationships and psychopathology, with social cognition identified as a…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Peer Relationship, Psychopathology
Eileen F. Sullivan; Ran Wei; Shahria Kakon; Talat Shama; Fahmida Tofail; William A. Petri; Rashidul Haque; Charles A. Nelson III – Child Development, 2025
Identifying the neural processes that underlie the association between children's early adverse experiences and cognitive development could inform more effective intervention strategies. The goal of the current study (data collected 2015-2021) was to examine relations among early experiences at 6 months, electroencephalography (EEG) theta power at…
Descriptors: Trauma, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Intervention
Kevin G. Stephenson; Kerrigan C. Vargo; Nicole M. Cacciato; Charles M. Albright; Elizabeth M. Kryszak – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Purpose: Accurate assessment of cognitive development of young children is a vital component of developmental evaluations. Direct assessment of developmental skills is not always feasible, but there is limited information on the agreement between direct assessment and caregiver-reported cognitive skills. There is limited information regarding the…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Toddlers, Infants, Child Development
Download full textCig, Oguzcan; Jones, Ithel – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
This study examined the relationship between young children's cognitive development and fathers' engagement in early childhood. The study examined fathers' home engagement patterns based on literacy, play, and caregiving activities when their children were 9-month-old and these patterns of engagement in 9-month-old were related to children's…
Descriptors: Infants, Fathers, Parent Participation, Cognitive Development
Emanuel J. Mason; Karin Lifter; Amanda Cannarella; Haley Medeiros – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024
This paper follows an earlier report of young children's object play activities investigated in a cross-sectional sample of 289 typically developing children. Thirty-minute videotaped observations were taken of children at 8, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, and 60 months of age in their homes. Forty-nine percent were boys. Children were identified…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Preschool Children, Play
Susana Vargas-Pérez; Carmen Hernández-Martínez; Núria Voltas; Paula Morales-Hidalgo; Josefa Canals; Victoria Arija – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2025
Human breast milk dynamically adapts to meet the needs of healthy neurodevelopment. While a great deal of research has examined the relationship between breastfeeding, infant cognitive development and IQ, findings are inconclusive when potential confounders are adjusted for. This raises questions about the various ways in which breastfeeding and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Intelligence Quotient, Cognitive Ability
Nores, Milagros; Harmeyer, Erin; Connors-Tadros, Lori; Li, Zijia – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2023
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducted a landscape evaluation of early childhood programs in Indiana (IN) between the spring of 2021 and the summer of 2022. The evaluation included assessments of infant, toddler, and preschooler children's developmental status in multiple domains at two time points to measure growth.…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Development, Status, Early Childhood Education
Julie Poehlmann; Elizabeth I. Johnson; Pilar N. Ossorio; Keisher Highsmith; Brenda Jones Harden; Mishka Terplan; Pilar M. Sanjuan; Lorraine McKelvey; Claire D. Coles; Barbara H. Chaiyachati; Hon. Peggy Walker; Rebecca Shlafer; Kaitlyn Pritzl; Chandni Anandha Krishnan; Stephanie Averill; Samir Das; Santiago Torres-Gomez; Florence Hilliard; Brian Gannon; Wesley K. Thompson – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2026
A transition in care (TIC) is a significant change in the primary adults who provide care for a child, involving a move to informal or formal non-parental care, including kinship and foster care. In this paper, we address three issues: (1) the theoretical and empirical reasons for retaining infants and children who experience TIC in longitudinal…
Descriptors: Infants, Young Children, Child Development, Child Health
Xinyue Yang; Mohd Nazri Abdul Rahman; Yansong Sun – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2025
Early childhood education (ECE) is vital for children's development, especially from birth to age five. Yet, there remains significant variation in teachers' qualifications across different settings and countries. While previous research suggests that teachers' qualifications may influence children's development outcomes in early childhood…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Qualifications, Child Development
Bergen, Doris; Lee, Lena; DiCarlo, Cynthia; Burnett, Gail – Teachers College Press, 2020
This practical resource explains brain development from prenatal to age 8 with suggestions for activities educators and caregivers can use to foster children's cognitive growth. The authors begin with the basics of brain development, and the issues that affect it, and then provide information specific to infant, toddler, preschool, and…
Descriptors: Brain, Child Development, Infants, Toddlers
Marissa Hofstee; Ruben G. Fukkink; Joyce Endendijk; Jorg Huijding; Bauke van der Velde; Maja Dekovic – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2025
Given the substantial increase in children attending center-based childcare over the past decades, the consequences of center-based childcare for children's development have gained more attention in developmental research. However, the relation between center-based childcare and children's neurocognitive development remains relatively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Romy Gonçalves; Romy Gaillard; Kelly K. Ferguson; Sara Sammallahti; Manon H. Hillegers; Eric A. P. Steegers; Hanan El Marroun; Vincent W. V. Jaddoe – JCPP Advances, 2025
Background: Fetal life and infancy might be critical periods for brain development leading to increased risks of neurocognitive disorders and psychopathology later in life. We examined the associations of fetal and infant weight growth patterns and birth characteristics with behavior and cognitive outcomes at the age of 13 years. Methods:…
Descriptors: Birth, Infants, Body Weight, Child Development
Kristen Faucetta; Charles Michalopoulos; Ximena A. Portilla; Kelly Saunders – Administration for Children & Families, 2023
The overarching goal of the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) is to provide information about whether families and children benefit from Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program-funded early childhood home visiting programs as they operated from 2012 to 2017, and if so, how. The MIECHV Program…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Community Health Services, Infants, Toddlers
Leth-Steensen, Craig; Gallitto, Elena; Haghbin, Mohsen; Hannan, Patricia A. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2021
PlayWisely is a novel approach to early learning designed to target the positive development of a wide range of cognitive and physical/motor abilities by stimulating the rapidly developing brain of very young children (from 4 months to 3 years of age). The current pilot study represents a first step toward providing an evidence base for the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Physical Development, Psychomotor Skills
