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Showing 1 to 20 of 362 for “"cognitive development"”.
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Childcare Choices and Early Cognitive Development
… the National Institute for Children Health and Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development to evaluate features of wage and childcare price changes that are associated with positive effects on children's early cognitive skills. Identifying beneficial characteristics of changes in …
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Early neural signatures of cognitive development
… looking behavior in terms of particular cognitive or brain mechanisms presents significant challenges, given the multiple underlying processes involved (Aslin, 2007; Reynolds & Romano, 2016). Alternatively, infant neuroimaging methodologies, particularly functional near-infrared …
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The role of oligosaccharides in cognitive development
… infants outperform their formula-fed peers in cognitive development. Beyond the disparity between these two populations, human milk is one of the most complex foods, acting as the sole source of nutrition for infants and containing thousands of bioactive components. One of these components, the …
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Cognitive development and the understanding of informed consent
… In the present study it was hypothesized that cognitive development is a predictor of ethical knowledge. Accordingly, it was argue d that a participant’s ability to understand informed consent and research rights should not be based on a participant’s age but instead on the participant’s …
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Social cognitive development: a theoretical and emperical elaboration
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Language-specificity and young preschoolers' social-cognitive development
… language has been stressed regarding the development of children’s social understanding (e.g., Astington & Baird, 2005). It was predicted that the exposure to the mental-state terms using specific grammatically embedded forms specifying certainty and/or the origins of information would …
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The Effects of Head Start on Cognitive Development
… to see if there were significant differences in cognitive achievement. A posttest only design was used, and a factorial analysis of variance was used as the statistical analysis at the .05 level of significance. Both sex and Head Start comparisons were made, but no significant findings were …
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Individuation, identity and proper names in cognitive development
The ability to individuate entities (i.e. conceptualize one entity as distinct from two) and trace their identity (i.e. judge that an entity is the same one as an entity encountered before) is a fundamental component of the human mind and is critical to proper name reference (i.e. a proper name, …
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The impact of service-learning on cognitive development
… correlated with attitudinal outcomes and the development of a responsible citizenry. While many philosophical and political proposals have been offered for why service-learning initiatives are important to higher education, this study attempted to gain insight into how service-learning impacts …
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Cognitive Development in Student Leaders and Non-leaders
This study examined cognitive development in student leaders and non-leaders. Participants included 60 students (30 student leaders and 30 non-leaders). Each group contained equal numbers of males and females. The Measure of Epistemological Reflection (MER) (Baxter Magolda & Porterfield, 1985) was …
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THE EFFECT OF PARENTAL AGGRESSION ON CHILDREN'S COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
… between parental aggression and children's cognitive development. Parental aggression was studied in terms of both verbal aggression and use of physical force. Indexes developed from form N of the Conflict Tactics Scales (Straus, 1979) were used to measure both variables at three levels: …
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The effect of postpartum depression on child cognitive development
… the effects of PPD on child growth and development. Within this paper, the author explores previously conducted Post-Partum Depression research, in regards to its effects on child cognitive development. Following this literature review, a brief experimental study is conducted and …
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Iron and DHA in Relation to Early Cognitive Development
… acid (DHA) are important nutrients for brain development. Negative effects of DHA supplementation when status of both nutrients is low have been shown on cognitive outcomes. We sought to determine if DHA status interacts with iron deficiency (ID) and influences offspring cognition among a …
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Testing a Theoretical Model of Critical Thinking and Cognitive Development
… theoretical model of critical thinking and cognitive development. Perry's theory of adult cognitive development and Kataoka-Yahiro and Saylor's Critical Thinking Model for Nursing Judgment guided this research. Data were collected from 233 participants who have been in nursing practice for a …
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Cognitive Development Among School Age Themne Children of Sierra Leone
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The Relationships Between Sex, Poverty, and Maternal Education to Cognitive Development
… are associated with infants' and toddlers' cognitive outcomes. Researchers generally agree on the negative effect of poverty on cognitive development; moreover, maternal education is one of the factors that influences poverty. Previous studies on sex-related differences and cognitive …
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The Assessment of Cognitive Development and Writing Aptitude Within Learning Communities
… impact of this pedagogy upon college students' cognitive development and writing aptitude. Cognitive development theory has been most significantly influenced by the work of William G. Perry, Jr. Though no theory exists which would address the stages of writing development in university …
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