Neuroscientific advances demonstrate that the age range from zero to 5 years old
represents a critical window for both learning and teaching, which must involve the …

This article documents the longitudinal and reciprocal relations among behavioral sleep
problems and emotional and attentional self-regulation in a population sample of 4,109 …

This study explores the influence of the quality of the family context and sociodemographic
factors on cognitive development in a population-based cohort of 295 children and their …

In recent years, a literature has emerged describing contributions fathers make to the
development of very young children. Scholars suggest that active play may be a specific …

This study employed piecewise growth curve modeling to examine how children's executive
function (EF) skills relate to different components of children's physiological response …

Background The effects of prenatal substance exposure on neurobehavioral outcomes are
inherently confounded by the effects of the postnatal environment, making it difficult to …

The nature of play and an overview of the stages of play in the first 5 years of childhood are
discussed. The core features of sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic play are identified …

Human emotions are an integral component of everyday life that influence cognitive
functioning (Bebko, Franconeri, Ochsner, & Chiao, 2011; Eysenck, 2004; Gross, 2013) …

Research in the field of developmental disabilities has a long tradition of drawing on multiple
disciplines in an effort to gain a comprehensive account of children's atypical development …

Perfectionism has been linked with psychopathology and other difficulties in children. As
such, research has begun to focus on those factors that predict perfectionism in children …