Genetic vulnerability of exposures to antenatal maternal treatments in 1 – to 2‐month‐old infants
AbstractThe growth and maturation of the nervous system are vulnerable during pregnancy. The impact of antenatal exposures to maternal treatments, in the context of genetic vulnerability of the fetus, on sensorimotor functioning in early infancy remains unexplored. Statistical features of head movements obtained from resting ‐state sleep fMRI scans are examined in 1‐ to 2‐month‐old infants, both those at high risk (HR) for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) due to a biological sibling with ASD and at low risk (LR) (N = 56). In utero exposures include maternal prescription medications (psychotropic Rx:N = 3HR;N = ...
Source: Infancy - April 20, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Kristina Denisova Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Longitudinal assessment of social attention in preterm and term infants: Its relation to social communication and language outcome
AbstractPreterm birth has been reported to be associated with an increased risk of social communication and language problems. Recently, we found that preterm infants showed atypical patterns of social attention compared with term infants. However, it is still unknown how social attention develops and whether the individual differences are associated with developmental outcomes for social communication and language in preterm infants. The social attention of preterm and term infants at 6, 12, and 18 months was investigated using two types of social attention tasks (human‐geometric preference task and gaze‐following t...
Source: Infancy - April 15, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Masahiro Imafuku,
Masahiko Kawai,
Fusako Niwa,
Yuta Shinya,
Masako Myowa Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Tablet assessment of word comprehension reveals coarse word representations in 18 –20‐month‐old toddlers
This study provides among the earliest evidence that remote data colle ction in 18‐20 month‐old toddlers is viable, as comparable results were observed from both in‐laboratory and online administration of the touchscreen recognition task. (Source: Infancy)
Source: Infancy - April 4, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Chang Huan Lo,
Audun Rosslund,
Jun Ho Chai,
Julien Mayor,
Natalia Kartushina Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Capturing touch in parent –infant interaction: A comparison of methods
AbstractNaturally occurring high levels of caregiver touch promote offspring development in many animal species. Yet, caregiver touch remains a relatively understudied topic in human development, possibly due to challenges of measuring this means of interaction. While parental reports (e.g., questionnaires, diaries) are easy to collect, they may be subject to biases and memory limitations. In contrast, observing touch in a short session of parent –child interaction in the lab may not be representative of touch interaction in daily life. In the present study, we compared parent reports (one‐off questionnaires and diary)...
Source: Infancy - March 30, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Alicja Brzozowska,
Matthew R. Longo,
Denis Mareschal,
Frank Wiesemann,
Teodora Gliga Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
The impact of parent and child media use on early parent –infant attachment
AbstractWith the rise in affordability of digital media and mobile devices, children under age 2 on average spend significantly more time with digital media than is recommended. Although concerns have been expressed about how parent and child media use might negatively impact parent –child attachment, there continues to be a scarcity of research on the topic. The current study assessed both the amount and the way in which children (11–26 months) and their parents engage with digital media and the impact on early attachment after controlling for temperament, parent income, parent age, marital status, and access to supp...
Source: Infancy - March 27, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Lisa K. Linder,
Brandon T. McDaniel,
Laura Stockdale,
Sarah M. Coyne Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Paid maternal leave is associated with better language and socioemotional outcomes during toddlerhood
This study examined the links between paid leave and t oddler language, cognitive, and socioemotional outcomes (24–36 months;N = 328). Results indicate that paid leave was associated with better language outcomes, regardless of socioeconomic status. Additionally, paid leave was correlated with fewer infant behavior problems for mothers with lower levels of educational attainment. Expanding access to policies that support families in need, like paid family leave, may aid in reducing socioeconomic disparities in infant development. (Source: Infancy)
Source: Infancy - March 23, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Karina Kozak,
Ashley Greaves,
Jane Waldfogel,
Jyoti Angal,
Amy J. Elliott,
William P. Fifier,
Natalie Hiromi Brito Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
The terrible twos: How children cope with frustration and tantrums and the effect of maternal and paternal behaviors
We examined diverse characteristics of children's frustration and focused on specific behaviors of how children coped and parents supported them. In addition, external observers measured child attachment se curity (viaAttachment Q Sort) toward the mother and the father during two home visits. Children with high attachment security became frustrated later and for a shorter time, and fathers, as compared to mothers, relieved these frustration patterns and reduced them. Although 22.2% children exhibited intense frustration responses up to tantrums, levels remained unaffected by child gender, but decreased with child age. Time...
Source: Infancy - March 18, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Felix Deichmann,
Lieselotte Ahnert Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Rule learning transfer across linguistic and visual modalities in 7 ‐month‐old infants
AbstractRule learning (RL) refers to infants ’ ability to extract high‐order, repetition‐based rules from a sequence of elements and to generalize them to new items. RL has been demonstrated in both the auditory and the visual modality, but no studies have investigated infants’ transfer of learning across these two modalities, a proces s that is fundamental for the development of many complex cognitive skills. Using a visual habituation procedure within a cross‐modal RL task, we tested 7‐month‐old infants’ transfer of learning both from speech to vision (auditory‐visual—AV—condition) and from vision t...
Source: Infancy - March 12, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Hermann Bulf,
Ermanno Quadrelli,
Shannon Brady,
Bryan Nguyen,
Viola Macchi Cassia,
Scott P. Johnson Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Temperament moderates the effects of early deprivation on infant attention
AbstractInstitutional care has been shown to increase the risk of attention problems in children, but some children are more sensitive to their environment, both for better and for worse. With this in mind, the current study examined the moderating role of temperament (falling reactivity) between early adversity and attention skills. Six ‐ to 15‐month‐old infants residing in institutions (n = 63) and infants reared by their biological families from low socioeconomic environments (n = 59) were recruited. The infants’ attention skills were measured by calculating the length of time they spent looking at toys. The...
Source: Infancy - March 10, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Zeynep Ertekin,
Megan R. Gunnar,
Sibel K. Berument Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Under the skin: Exploring 2 ‐month‐olds' thermal reactions in different social interactions with mother and stranger
AbstractPhysiological adaptations to external stressors can reveal socio ‐cognitive health in infancy. With the use of thermal imaging and behavioural analyses, the current study examined the arousal markers accompanying infants’ interactions with a familiar and an unfamiliar person. To address the current research question, the mother and a complete stranger interac ted with 2 to 3 month‐old infants (N= 10, 2 boys)in three different conditions:Neutral,Play, andCompliment. Behavioral analyses showed that overall gaze was longer to theStranger compared to theMother independent of condition. Physiological findings show...
Source: Infancy - March 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Stephanos Ioannou,
Paul Morris,
Hala Hassanain,
Marc Baker,
Faisal Alkattan,
Abdul Hakim Almakadma,
Lama Raddaoui Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
The development of infants ’ sensitivity to native versus non‐native rhythm
AbstractSpeech rhythm is considered one of the first windows into the native language, and the taxonomy of rhythm classes is commonly used to explain early language discrimination. Relying on formal rhythm classification is problematic for two reasons. First, it is not known to which extent infants ’ sensitivity to language variation is attributable to rhythm alone, and second, it is not known how infants discriminate languages not classified in any of the putative rhythm classes. Employing a central‐fixation preference paradigm with natural stimuli, this study tested whether infants diffe rentially attend to native ve...
Source: Infancy - February 27, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Nikola Paillereau,
V áclav Jonáš Podlipský,
Filip Smolík,
Šárka Šimáčková,
Kateřina Chládková Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Social interaction targets enhance 13 ‐month‐old infants' associative learning
This study examined whether 13‐month‐old infants (N = 32) selectively learn cue–target associations guiding them to videos depicting a social interaction scene. In a visual learning task, two geometrical shapes were repeatedly paired with two kinds of target videos: two adults interacting with one another (social interaction) or the same adults acting individually (non‐interactive control). Infants performed faster saccadic latencies and more predictive gaze shifts toward the cued target region during social interaction trials. These findings suggest that social interaction targets can serve as primary reinforcer...
Source: Infancy - February 24, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Maleen Thiele,
Robert Hepach,
Christine Michel,
Gustaf Gredeb äck,
Daniel B. M. Haun Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
