New efforts are using head cameras and eye-trackers worn by infants to capture everyday
visual environments from the point of view of the infant learner. From this vantage point, the …

There is a lack of knowledge about specific components that make interventions effective in
preventing or reducing child maltreatment. The aim of the present meta-analysis was to …

Romania's Abandoned Children reveals the heartbreaking toll paid by children deprived of
responsive care, stimulation, and human interaction. Compared with children in foster care …

By 1985 newly devised behavioural and electrophysiological techniques had been used to
track development of infants' acuity, contrast sensitivity and binocularity, and for clinical …

During sensitive and critical periods, the brain undergoes significant plasticity from the level
of individual synapses and neuronal networks up to the level of behaviour. Both sensitive …

According to conventional wisdom, multisensory development is a progressive process that
results in the growth and proliferation of perceptual skills. We review new findings indicating …

This chapter reviews sensitive periods in human brain development based on the literature
on children raised in institutions. Sensitive experiences occur when experiences are …

Mature face perception has its origins in the face experiences of infants. However, little is
known about the basic statistics of faces in early visual environments. We used head …

Visual learning depends on both the algorithms and the training material. This essay
considers the natural statistics of infant-and toddler-egocentric vision. These natural training …

This Monograph reports theoretically relevant behavioral, biological, and self-report
assessments of a sample of 14-17-year-olds who had been classified into one of four …