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Murphy, Laura M. Bennett; Laurie-Rose, Cynthia; Brinkman, Tara M.; McNamara, Kelly A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
The current study examines the relationship between sustained attention and social competence in preschool children. While studies demonstrate that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) exhibit poor social competence, less is known about typically developing children. Since children with ADHD have associated behavior…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Problems, Play
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Naude, H.; Marx, J.; Pretorius, E.; Hislop-Esterhuyzen, N. – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
One of the important nutrients during pregnancy is vitamin A or related compounds called retinoids. Although it is well-known that vitamin A deficiency may be detrimental to foetal development, overdosage of retinoids might cause developmental defects, particularly affecting the central nervous system development of the foetus, causing hindbrain…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Cognitive Ability, Pregnancy, Educational Testing
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O'Brien, Justin; Tsermentseli, Stella; Cummins, Omar; Happe, Francesca; Heaton, Pamela; Spencer, Janine – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
In this article, we examine the extent to which children with autism and children with learning difficulties can be discriminated from their responses to different patterns of sensory stimuli. Using an adapted version of the Short Sensory Profile (SSP), sensory processing was compared in 34 children with autism to 33 children with typical…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Autism, Learning Disabilities, Discriminant Analysis
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Shade, Barbara J. – Early Child Development and Care, 1989
Examines perceptual patterns of Indian Americans and Afro-Americans to determine the degree to which their perceptual development influences their handling of information. Suggests that perceptual development differs within various ethnocultural groups. (RJC)
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Children, Cognitive Style
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Ilari, Beatriz Senoi – Early Child Development and Care, 2002
Reviews literature on music perception and cognition in the first year of life and examines their contribution to domains such as child development and music education. Focuses on studies examining musical features and the uses of music in the everyday life of infants and their caretakers. Critiques previous and current literature. Discusses…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Choi, Kyoung-Sook – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Kindergartners and second, fourth, and sixth graders were shown a series of pictures that depicted an object with increasing completeness and were asked to identify the object. Found that, with increasing age, children correctly identified the object earlier in the sequence and that reaction time was longest for second graders. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Young, Susan – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Describes alternative conceptions to the connection between music and movement by relating aspects of recent research on infant-caregiver interaction to musical development. Claims that existing explanations seem to fall short of providing an explanation adequate for the immediate, expressive, and integrated nature of this bond. (MOK)
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Classroom Techniques, Early Childhood Education, Infants