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Hepach, Robert; Vaish, Amrisha; Grossmann, Tobias; Tomasello, Michael – Child Development, 2016
Children's instrumental helping has sometimes been interpreted as a desire to complete action sequences or to restore the physical order of things. Two-year-old children (n = 51) selectively retrieved for an adult the object he needed rather than one he did not (but which equally served to restore the previous order of things), and those with…
Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Toddlers, Young Children, Arousal Patterns
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Helt, Molly S.; Eigsti, Inge-Marie; Snyder, Peter J.; Fein, Deborah A. – Child Development, 2010
The authors tested susceptibility to contagious yawning in 120 children, 1-6 years, to identify the time course of its emergence during development. Results indicated a substantial increase in the frequency of contagious yawning at 4 years. In a second study, the authors examined contagious yawning in 28 children with autism spectrum disorders…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Age, Autism, Child Development
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Rump, Keiran M.; Giovannelli, Joyce L.; Minshew, Nancy J.; Strauss, Mark S. – Child Development, 2009
Emotion recognition was investigated in typically developing individuals and individuals with autism. Experiment 1 tested children (5-7 years, n = 37) with brief video displays of facial expressions that varied in subtlety. Children with autism performed worse than the control children. In Experiment 2, 3 age groups (8-12 years, n = 49; 13-17…
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Response, Recognition (Psychology)
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Sostek, Anita M.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
The Babkin reflex is a reaction to the simultaneous pressing of the palms of the hands of the infant. (Authors)
Descriptors: Classical Conditioning, Comparative Analysis, Conditioning, Control Groups