Benefits of Active Control of the Study Experience and Implications for Educational SettingsAbstract.Background: The concept of active learning has played a crucial role in education and continues to inform a wide ...
The Significance of Fetal and Neonatal Spontaneous Movements for Development and Early Identification of Developmental DisordersAbstract.Theoretical Background: The human neonate presents a continuum of motor patterns extending ...
Abstract. Recent studies have ascertained a link between the motor system and imagery in children. A motor effect on imagery is demonstrated by the influence of stimuli-related movement constraints (i. e., constraints defined by the musculoskeletal system)...
Long-Term Consequences of Preterm Birth on Cognitive Development and Academic Achievement: Is There a Protective Effect of Maternal Responsiveness?Abstract. Preterm birth is associated with adverse long-term ...
Kinder mit frühen Schlaganfällen weisen vielfältige Entwicklungsprobleme und kognitive Beeinträchtigungen auf. In der Vorhersage von kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen erweisen sich das Alter zum Zeitpunkt des Schlaganfalls (perinatale vs. frühkindlich) sowie ...
Development of manual dexterity, executive functions, and scholastic achievement in children at risk for developmental coordination disordersThe present 3-year-longitudinal study investigated manual dexterity, executive functions, and scholastic ...
Short- and long-term effects of day care during early childhood on cognitive and language development with special reference to day care qualityThis paper provides an overview of the current state of research on the short- and long-term effects of early ...
Previous research on the development of intuitive statics has revealed that preschoolers’ ability to judge the stability of asymmetrically shaped objects is severely limited (Krist, 2010). To overrule the objection that this limitation is caused by ...
KOPKI 4-6: Presentation and first validation of a parent questionnaire on cognitive processing in children aged 4 to 6 yearsAbstract. The questionnaire KOPKI 4-6 assesses cognitive processes in children aged 4 to 6 by parent ratings of the cognitive ...
Early diagnosisAbstract. This special issue presents papers on the current discussion about approaches of early diagnosis of motor, cognitive, and socio-emotional development. The focus is on the assessment of developmental risks during the first three ...
Imitation by infants during the first 2 years of lifeAbstract. Imitation is an important cognitive and social cognitive ability in early childhood. In the last two decades infancy research has focused mainly on the study of deferred imitation as a ...
Zusammenfassung. Ausgehend von neueren Forschungsergebnissen, die auf Basiskompetenzen wissenschaftlichen Denkens schon im Grundschulalter hinweisen, stellen wir ein dreistufiges Entwicklungsmodell (natur)wissenschaftlicher Kompetenz vor, das einen ...
Children’s conceptions about illness: A research reviewAbstract. This review reports the state of research on the development of children’s and adolescent’s illness representations. The review begins with an overview about theoretical approaches used as ...
Zusammenfassung. In einem Reaktionszeitexperiment zur mentalen Rotation von Händen, an dem 138 Kindergartenkinder, 82 Grundschüler (2. Klassenstufe) und 82 Erwachsene teilnahmen, konnte ein Einfluss der motorischen Einschränkung von Handbewegungen auf die ...Integration of imagery and motor processes in development: Mental transformation with pictures of handsAbstract. In a mental rotation experiment, 138 kindergarden children, 82 pupils (second grade), and 82 adults were tested using pictures of hands as ...
Abstract. We examined the hypothesis that infants’ early action segmentation is guided by knowledge about simple movement-effect associations. Nine- and 12-month-olds were familiarized with a video showing a sequence of two actions, each a simple ...
Verbal and cognitive competencies of young preschool-children: A comparison between children with and without background of migrationAbstract. The current study focusses on verbal and cognitive competencies of children with background of migration at ...
Zusammenfassung. Empirische Untersuchungsbefunde aus zwei Studien zur Entwicklung der Konzentrationsleistung bei 3- bis 8-Jährigen und zum Zusammenhang der Konzentrationsleistung mit den Phasen des vor-operatorischen versus konkret-operatorischen Denkens ...
Working memory in 4- to 5-year-old children: Theoretical issues and empirical findingsAbstract. In the present study, the precise and reliable assessment of young children’s working memory capacities is investigated. A battery of eight working memory ...
Zusammenfassung. Es wurde geprüft, ob sich frühgeborene und termingeborene Kinder im Vorschulalter in ihrer kognitiven Entwicklung und ihren sozial-emotionalen Kompetenzen unterscheiden. Insgesamt wurden 29 Kinder im Alter zwischen fünf und sechs Jahren ...
Security of attachment and the development of speech and cognitionAbstract. This study focuses on the analysis of relationships between infants' attachment and the development of speech and cognition. It is expected that a secure attachment will be ...