Is there really a link between exact-number knowledge and approximate number system acuity in young children? [0.03%]
学龄前儿童确切数字知识和模糊数量系统敏锐度之间真的存在联系吗？
James Negen,Barbara W Sarnecka
James Negen
Although everyone perceives approximate numerosities, some people make more accurate estimates than others. The accuracy of this estimation is called approximate number system (ANS) acuity. Recently, several studies have reported that indiv...
Ana Aznar,Harriet R Tenenbaum
Ana Aznar
This study examined gender differences in emotion word use during mother-child and father-child conversations. Sixty-five Spanish mothers and fathers and their 4- (M = 53.50, SD = 3.54) and 6-year-old (M = 77.07, SD = 3.94) children partici...
From false belief to friendship: commentary on Fink, Begeer, Peterson, Slaughter, and de Rosnay [0.03%]
从错误信念到友谊：对Fink、Begeer、Peterson、Slaughter和de Rosnay研究的评论
Matthew D Lerner,Angeline S Lillard
Matthew D Lerner
Fink, Begeer, Peterson, Slaughter, and de Rosnay (Brit. J. Dev. Psychol, 2015; 33, 1-17) represent a welcome contribution in providing empirical evidence of the link from false belief understanding at Time 1 to mutual friendship 2 years lat...
New findings on object permanence: A developmental difference between two types of occlusion [0.03%]
关于客体永久性的新发现：两种遮挡间的差异性发展
M Keith Moore,Andrew N Meltzoff
M Keith Moore
Manual search for totally occluded objects was investigated in 10-, 12- and 14-month-old infants. Infants responded to two types of total hiding in different ways, supporting the inference that object permanence is not a once-and-for-all at...
Deferred imitation in 9- and 14-month-old infants: A longitudinal study of a Swedish sample [0.03%]
瑞典样本中9月龄和14月龄婴儿的延迟模仿：纵向研究
Mikael Heimann,Andrew N Meltzoff
Mikael Heimann
This study investigated deferred imitation using a longitudinal design. A total of 62 Swedish children (32 girls) were tested at both 9 and 14 months of age. The memory delay interval was 10 minutes at 9 months and five minutes at 14 months...
Kristyn Wright,Diane Poulin-Dubois,Elizabeth Kelley
Kristyn Wright
This study examined the development of the animate-inanimate (A-I) distinction in relation to other taxonomic categories in early childhood. Four- and 5-year-old children were administered two tasks measuring knowledge of taxonomic categori...
Susanne Koerber,Christopher Osterhaus,Beate Sodian
Susanne Koerber
Understanding the nature of science (NOS) is a critical aspect of scientific reasoning, yet few studies have investigated its developmental beginnings and initial structure. One contributing reason is the lack of an adequate instrument. Two...
A longitudinal intergenerational analysis of executive functions during early childhood [0.03%]
学龄前儿童执行功能的纵向跨世代分析
Kimberly Cuevas,Kirby Deater-Deckard,Jungmeen Kim-Spoon et al.
Kimberly Cuevas et al.
Despite the importance of executive function (EF) in both clinical and educational contexts, the aetiology of individual differences in early childhood EF remains poorly understood. This study provides the first longitudinal intergeneration...
Visuospatial working memory for locations, colours, and binding in typically developing children and in children with dyslexia and non-verbal learning disability [0.03%]
典型发育儿童、阅读障碍儿童和非言语学习障碍儿童对位置、颜色以及两者结合的视觉空间工作记忆的研究
Ricardo Basso Garcia,Irene C Mammarella,Doriana Tripodi et al.
Ricardo Basso Garcia et al.
This study examined forward and backward recall of locations and colours and the binding of locations and colours, comparing typically developing children - aged between 8 and 10 years - with two different groups of children of the same age...
Does it always feel good to get what you want? Young children differentiate between material and wicked desires [0.03%]
想得到某样东西时心情就一定很好吗？年幼的孩子能够区分物质和邪恶的欲望
Craig E Smith,Felix Warneken
Craig E Smith
One line of research on children's attributions of guilt suggests that 3-year-olds attribute negative emotion to self-serving victimizers, slightly older children attribute happiness, and with increasing age, attributions become negative ag...