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Cognitive Correlates of Infant Attention and Maternal Stimulation over the First Year of Life

Ruddy, Margaret G., Bornstein, Marc H.·1982·Child Development

Abstract

This study investigated the predictability of cognitive differences at 12 months from infant and maternal behaviors at 4 months. Babies who showed more habituation and faster habituation at 4 months scored higher on the Bayley Scales and had larger speaking vocabularies at 12 months. Success with select 4-month Bayley Scale items also predicted 12-month Bayley scores but did not predict speaking vocabulary. Additionally, 4-month-olds who vocalized more or who more frequently manipulated objects spoke more words at 12 months and als tended to score higher on the Bayley Scales at 12 months. Frequent maternal stimulation at 4 months, specifically, by encouraging babies' attention to objects, correlated with the size of speaking vocabulary at 12 months; a cross-lagged panel correlation suggested that maternal stimulation positively influenced infants' cognitive development. Regression analyses examined the power of combinations of infant and maternal predictors. Overall, the results show that some individual differences in cognition may be predictable across the first year of life.

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Authors
Ruddy, M. G., & Bornstein, M. H.
Venue
Child Development
Published
1982-02
Volume
53
Issue
1
Pages
183
ISSN
0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2077024708
Cited by
123
References
14
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 3
FWCI
5.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Development and Preterm Care
Keywords
infant attention, maternal stimulation, habituation, infant cognitive development, vocabulary development, Bayley Scales, individual differences, object manipulation, vocalizations, early infancy, predictive validity
MeSH terms
Attention, Child Development, Cognition, Female, Habituation, Psychophysiologic, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Male, Mother-Child Relations, Vocabulary

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