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Krehm, Madelaine; Onishi, Kristine H.; Vouloumanos, Athena – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2014
Do young infants understand that pointing gestures allow the pointer to change the information state of a recipient? We used a third-party experimental scenario to examine whether 9- and 11-month-olds understand that a pointer's pointing gesture can inform a recipient about a target object. When the pointer pointed to a target, infants…
Descriptors: Infants, Nonverbal Communication, Cognitive Ability, Infant Behavior
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Cassia, Viola Macchi; Proietti, Valentina; Pisacane, Antonella – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
Available evidence indicates that experience with one face from a specific age group improves face-processing abilities if acquired within the first 3 years of life but not in adulthood. In the current study, we tested whether the effects of early experience endure at age 6 and whether the first 3 years of life are a sensitive period for the…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Siblings, Cognitive Ability
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Dewrang, Petra; Sandberg, Annika Dahlgren – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2010
Development and behavior during the first 2 years of life was assessed retrospectively by the parents to 23 adolescents and young adults with Asperger syndrome and 13 typically developing adolescents and young adults. The groups were matched on chronological age and the participants were within the normal range of intelligence. The questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Asperger Syndrome, Questionnaires, Young Adults