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Looking at Autism, Motor Development, and Executive Function In the study, “Emerging Executive Functioning and Motor Development in Infants at High and Low Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder,” executive function and motor skills were examined in infants at lower and higher risk for an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis (ASD). Infants with a sibling are con...

Last week, lab member Eli Anish presented his research done through the Online BabyLab at the Fredrick Honors College Research Symposium. Eli researched the effects of parent interference on infant motor development. Well done Eli!

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Links between prenatal stress in pregnancy, motor development, and infant temperament A study by Christin Haselbeck et al. in 2017 measured the effects of prenatal stress during pregnancy on infant temperament and motor skills development. This study found a link between higher overall prenatal stress and a more difficult temperament. This link was shown in infant activity levels. Th...

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Toy preferences between boys and girls In the article “How large are gender differences in toy preferences?”, Davis and Hines (2020), they aimed to understand the magnitude of gender-related effects on children’s toy preferences that were impacted by the methods, year, types of toys, and age of children. Utilizing a meta-analysis a...