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Mind-Mindedness in Infant Child-Care: Associations with Early Childhood Practitioner Sensitivity and Stimulation
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Degotardi, Sheila; Sweller, Naomi – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2012
The significance of mind-mindedness, or the tendency of adults to ascribe mental states and processes when describing and interpreting children's behavior, is well established in home contexts. The purpose of this study was to explore the prevalence and pedagogical implications of the mind-mindedness of 24 early childhood practitioners working…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Play, Preschool Children, Infants
Emotion and Cognition in Infancy: Facial Expressions During Contingency Learning.
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Sullivan, Margaret Wolan; Lewis, Michael – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1989
Studied facial expressions of 20 infants of 4 and 6 months during contingency or noncontingency learning. Differing emotional expressions and distinctive patterns of expressions characterized contingent but not control subjects. Results indicated that emotion and contingency learning were closely linked in young infants. (RJC)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Facial Expressions, Infants
Novelty, Familiarity, and the Development of Infant Attention
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Weizmann, Fredric; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1971
In this study, changes in infant's attention to novel on familiar stimuli in novel and familiar environments as a function of age were examined. By 8 weeks, males fixated a novel stabile more if in a familiar environment while females fixated the novel stabile more if in a novel environment. (Author/WY)
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Environmental Influences, Infants
Neural-Based Visual Stimulation with Infants with Cortical Impairment.
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Powell, S. A. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
In order to shed light on the needs of children with cortical visual impairments, normal visual development of infants is described. Infant preferences for motion, faces, and black-and-white patterns are explained. Colors useful in stimulating vision development and the time needed for exposure to visual stimuli are discussed. (CR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Infants, Neurology
Start Smart! Building Brain Power in the Early Years.
Schiller, Pam – 1999
Noting current brain development research, this book offers simple, straightforward ways to boost children's brain power with active exploration, repetition, sensory exploration, laughter, and more. The chapters describe how and why the brain develops and explain how parents can give their children the best foundation for future learning.…
Descriptors: Brain, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Brain Lateralization: Implications for Infant Stimulation and Development.
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Brooks, Richard L.; Obrzut, John E. – Young Children, 1981
Discusses implications of lateral dominance in infants for infant stimulation and development as well as implications for parents and teachers. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education, Individual Development, Infants
Infant Stimulation and the Etiology of Cognitive Processes.
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Fowler, William – 1966
What data, problems, and concepts are most relevant in determining the role of stimulation in human development? A critical analysis of the relationships between long term stimulation, behavior, and cognitive functioning and development points up biases and gaps in past as well as contemporary approaches. Each of the four sections of this paper…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Schemes, Educational Theories