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

Volume 9     Number 1     JAN,   2008
Producing Baby Boys
A Possible Link between Maternal Obesity and the Male/Female Birth Ratio   (prenatal)

A Basis for Bonding
Bonding Behaviors Can Be Predicted Early in Pregnancy   (prenatal-postnatal)

Early Empathy
Newborns of Depressed Moms Don't Cry Along with Other Babies   (newborns)

There's Something about Spiders
Fear of Spiders May Have Evolutionary Roots  (5 months)

My Body, My Self
A New Way to Study the Development of Self-Awareness   (15-24 months)

Changing Opinions
Children as Young as 4 Try to Match their Attitudes with their Behaviors   (4 years)

Time Flies When You're Feeling Threatened
Children Overestimate the Passage of Time When Viewing Angry Faces   (3-8 years)

Bragging Rights (and Wrongs)
When Is Bragging OK?   (8-11 years)

Yawn...
More Evidence that Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Fail to Empathize   (11 years)

The Words and the Music
Music Training Facilitates Language Processing in the Brainstem   (childhood-adulthood)

The Threat of Math
Gender Stereotypes and Classroom Settings Both Impact Girls' Classroom Performance   (11-13 years)

Does It Help to Write It Down?
Writing about Feelings May Not Help Children   (9-13 years)

Predicting Excellence
Outstanding Creativity by Middle Age Can Be Predicted in Early Adolescence   (13 years-middle age)

It's All about Me
Narcissism Is on the Rise   (childhood-college age)


QUICK TAKES

NOT ALL BREAST-FED BABIES have higher IQs

CHILDREN ARE UNLIKELY to be "injury-prone"

TEENS ARE POORLY PROTECTED in the workplace




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