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Peer reviewedMolfese, Victoria J.; Thomson, Brian – Child Development, 1985
Scores generated by two optimality and three complication scales used to assess perinatal risk for 103 infants were compared for accuracy in predicting a variety of neonatal and infant outcome measures. Results suggested an advantage in favor of the three complication scales. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, High Risk Persons, Infants, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedRose, Susan A.; Wallace, Ina F. – Child Development, 1985
Infant novelty scores correlated significantly with measures of cognitive outcome beginning at 24 months of age and continuing at 34, 40, and 72 months of age. Parental education was strongly correlated with cognitive outcome beginning at about two years of age. (RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Memory, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
Peer reviewedFox, Nathan A.; Porges, Stephen W. – Child Development, 1985
Addresses the utility of a noninvasive measure of cardiac vagal tone in predicting developmental outcome among infants at risk for cognitive disabilities. Results suggest that measurement of cardiac vagal tone may provide an important means for assessing risk in birth-stressed populations. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Heart Rate, High Risk Persons
