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Looking Is Not Enough: Multimodal Attention Supports the Real-Time Learning of New Words
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Schroer, Sara E.; Yu, Chen – Developmental Science, 2023
Most research on early language learning focuses on the objects that infants see and the words they hear in their daily lives, although growing evidence suggests that motor development is also closely tied to language development. To study the real-time behaviors required for learning new words during free-flowing toy play, we measured infants'…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Language Acquisition, Play, Toys
Opportunities for Learning and Social Interaction in Infant Sitting: Effects of Sitting Support, Sitting Skill, and Gross Motor Delay
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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
Adaptation of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning for Use among Infants Aged 5- to 24-Months in Rural Gambia
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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
Mechanisms Linking Height to Early Child Development among Infants and Preschoolers in Rural India
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Black, Maureen M.; Yimgang, Doris P.; Hurley, Kristen M.; Harding, Kimberly B.; Fernandez-Rao, Sylvia; Balakrishna, Nagalla; Radhakrishna, Kankipati V.; Reinhart, Gregory A.; Nair, Krishnapillai Madhavan – Developmental Science, 2019
Stunting has been negatively associated with children's development. We examined the range of height by testing hypotheses: (a) height is positively associated with children's development, with associations moderated by inflammation and (b) home environments characterized by nurturance and early learning opportunities is positively associated with…
Descriptors: Body Height, Infants, Child Development, Physical Development
Individual Differences in Language Development: Relationship with Motor Skill at 21 Months
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Alcock, Katherine J.; Krawczyk, Kirsty – Developmental Science, 2010
Language development has long been associated with motor development, particularly manual gesture. We examined a variety of motor abilities--manual gesture including symbolic, meaningless and sequential memory, oral motor control, gross and fine motor control--in 129 children aged 21 months. Language abilities were assessed and cognitive and…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Language Acquisition, Individual Differences
The Development of Articulatory Signatures in Children
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Singh, Latika; Singh, Nandini C. – Developmental Science, 2008
The ability to perceive and produce sounds at multiple time scales is a skill necessary for the acquisition of language. Unlike speech perception, which develops early in life, the production of speech sounds starts at a few months and continues into late childhood with the development of speech-motor skills. Though there is detailed information…
Descriptors: Speech, Phonology, Oral Language, Language Impairments