Infants to Adolescents: Research Update
Editors: Beverly J. Roder, Ph.D. & Mabel L. Sgan, Ph.D.

Volume 8     Number 2     APR,   2007
Digitally Enhanced Motion?
The Way that Men Dance Seems to Have Prenatal Origins   (prenatal - adulthood)

More than Meets the Eye
Babies Remember More of a Visual Scene than was Actually There   (3 - 7 months) (Click here to see review.)

Making a Point
What Babies May Be Trying to Tell Us When They Point   (12 months)

Talking Points
A Comparison of Language Learning by Native Speakers and Foreign-Born Adoptees   (18 - 5 1/2 years)

May I Have Your Attention?
What's Distracting Depends on a Child's Age   (3 1/2 - 4 years)

Special Effects
That Security Blanket Really is "Special"   (3 - 6 years)

Less Time for Later Borns
When It Comes to Quality Time with Parents, Later-Borns Get the Short End of the Stick   (4 - 13 years)

Sniffing Out Differences
Odor Detection May Be Based on Familiarity   (6 years - adult)

That's Ironic
How Children Come to Understand Irony   (6 - 10 years)

"In Defense of Perfectionism"
Striving for Success Needn't Be Associated with Negative Outcomes   (9th graders)

The Stress of War
The Impact of Deployment on Children of Military Families   (teens)

A Little Tease
How We Perceive Teasing May Be Based on Our Ethnic Background   (childhood - adulthood) (Click here to see review.)

Taking Risks to Regain Control
Adolescents Living Under Constant Threat May React by Taking Greater Risks   (15 - 18 years)


QUICK TAKES

FERTILITY TREATMENTS may have long-range effects on male offspring

NEW MRI FINDINGS show gender differences in newborn brains

MANAGING STAIRS can take many forms

AVERAGE WEIGHT GAIN VARIES between the school year and summer vacation

READING MAGAZINE ARTICLES ABOUT DIETS AND WEIGHT LOSS is linked to different behaviors for boys and girls

EXPOSURE TO SMOKING IN THE MEDIA may be more problematic for white adolescents than for black adolescents




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