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Young Children's Causal Explanations Are Biased by Post-Action Associative Information
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Atance, Cristina M.; Metcalf, Jennifer L.; Martin-Ordas, Gema; Walker, Cheryl L. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
In a series of 4 experiments, we tested children's understanding that the causes of their actions must necessarily be attributed to information known prior to (i.e., "pre-action" information), rather than after (i.e., "post-action" information), the completion of their actions. For example, children were shown a dog, asked…
Descriptors: Children, Child Development, Attribution Theory, Memory
Using Structural Equation Modeling to Assess Functional Connectivity in the Brain: Power and Sample Size Considerations
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Sideridis, Georgios; Simos, Panagiotis; Papanicolaou, Andrew; Fletcher, Jack – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2014
The present study assessed the impact of sample size on the power and fit of structural equation modeling applied to functional brain connectivity hypotheses. The data consisted of time-constrained minimum norm estimates of regional brain activity during performance of a reading task obtained with magnetoencephalography. Power analysis was first…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Simulation, Models
Information Processing from Infancy to 11 Years: Continuities and Prediction of IQ
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Rose, Susan A.; Feldman, Judith F.; Jankowski, Jeffery J.; Van Rossem, Ronan – Intelligence, 2012
This study provides the first direct evidence of cognitive continuity for multiple specific information processing abilities from infancy and toddlerhood to pre-adolescence, and provides support for the view that infant abilities form the basis of later childhood abilities. Data from a large sample of children (N = 131) were obtained at five…
Descriptors: Evidence, Structural Equation Models, Intelligence Quotient, Infants
Basic Information Processing Abilities at 11 Years Account for Deficits in IQ Associated with Preterm Birth
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Rose, Susan A.; Feldman, Judith F.; Jankowski, Jeffery J.; Van Rossem, Ronan – Intelligence, 2011
Although it is well established that preterms as a group do poorly relative to their full-term peers on tests of global cognitive functioning, the basis for this relative deficiency is less understood. The present paper examines preterm deficits in core cognitive abilities and determines their role in mediating preterm/full-term differences in IQ.…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Structural Equation Models, Intelligence Quotient, Premature Infants
Working Memory Structure in 10- and 15-Year Old Children with Mild to Borderline Intellectual, Disabilities
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van der Molen, Mariet J. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The validity of Baddeley's working memory model within the typically developing population, was tested. However, it is not clear if this model also holds in children and adolescents with mild to, borderline intellectual disabilities (ID; IQ score 55-85). The main purpose of this study was therefore, to explore the model's validity in this…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Mild Mental Retardation, Validity, Adolescents
Mind-Culture Interactions: How Writing Molds Mental Fluidity in Early Development
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Kazi, Smaragda; Demetriou, Andreas; Spanoudis, George; Zhang, Xiang Kui; Wang, Yuan – Intelligence, 2012
This study investigated intellectual development in 4-7 years old Greek and Chinese children. They were examined on speeded performance, working memory, reasoning, and self-awareness tasks in order to investigate possible effects of learning the Chinese logographic system on possible differences in intellectual development between these ethnic…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Romanization, Chinese, Intellectual Development