AIM: Visual-motor integration (VMI) is an important indicator in children with learning disabilities. We aimed to use performance in a coloring activity to identify children's VMI developmental status.
Preterm birth leads to an increased risk of long-term consequences, with over 50% of children born <30 weeks facing motor, cognitive, or behavioural impairments. Early monitoring of motor developmental trajectories, strongly associated with neurodeve...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: High-dose methylprednisolone (MP) is the global standard for treating pregnancy-associated relapses in multiple sclerosis (MS). Given that glucocorticoids cross the placenta and may interfere with fetal brain development, c...
INTRODUCTION: Mother-infant skin-to-skin contact (SSC) improves developmental and cognitive outcomes in preterm infants. However, the effects of SSC on healthy term infants remain unclear. We aim to investigate the short-term and long-term impacts of...
BACKGROUND: Early childhood development (ECD) lays the foundation for lifelong health, academic success and social well-being, yet over 250 million children in low- and middle-income countries are at risk of not reaching their developmental potential...
Deficits in emotional reactivity and regulation assessed in infancy, including high levels of negative emotionality (NE), low positive emotionality (PE) and low soothability, can predict future affective and behavioral disorders. White matter (WM) tr...
Research investigating the prenatal chemical exposome and child neurodevelopment has typically focused on a limited number of chemical exposures and controlled for sociodemographic factors and maternal mental health. Emerging machine learning approac...
BACKGROUND: Origami is a popular activity among preschool children and can be used by therapists as an evaluation tool to assess children's development in clinical settings. It is easy to implement, appealing to children, and time-efficient, requirin...
Integrative psychological & behavioral science
Jan 2, 2025
This theoretical paper offers an in-depth examination of the intersection between Theory of Mind (ToM) and artificial intelligence (AI), drawing on developmental psychology and philosophical analysis. By investigating the key developmental stages at ...
Cognitive development is a crucial developmental aspect of children. It is a concise field of study in psychology and neuroscience that focuses on various developmental aspects of the brain. Among all other factors, nutritional status is believed to ...
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