Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 8 of 8
Full-Text Articles in Psychology
Global Vor Gain Adaptation During Near Fixation To Foveal Targets, Jason A. Williams, Bruce Bridgeman, Tadg Woods, Robert Welch
Global Vor Gain Adaptation During Near Fixation To Foveal Targets, Jason A. Williams, Bruce Bridgeman, Tadg Woods, Robert Welch
Psychology and Child Development
Long-term rotational vestibulo-ocular (VOR) adaptation occurs during systematic dysmetria between visual and vestibular afferents, adjusting eye-rotation angular velocity to re-establish retinal stability of the visual field. Due to translational motion of the eyes during head rotation, VOR gain is higher when fixating near objects. The current study measures VOR in humans before and after 6min of exposure to a foveal near-target during sinusoidal whole-body rotation at 0.45 Hz. All of six participants showed post-exposure increases in open-loop VOR gain after fixating near targets, demonstrating a mean modulation increase of open-loop VOR gain from 0.86 before adaptation to 1.2 after adaptation. …
Robots And Rodents: Children's Inferences About Living And Nonliving Kinds, Jennifer L. Jipson, Susan A. Gelman
Robots And Rodents: Children's Inferences About Living And Nonliving Kinds, Jennifer L. Jipson, Susan A. Gelman
Psychology and Child Development
This study tests the firm distinction children are said to make between living and nonliving kinds. Three, 4-, and 5-year-old children and adults reasoned about whether items that varied on 3 dimensions (alive, face, behavior) had a range of properties (biological, psychological, perceptual, artifact, novel, proper names). Findings demonstrate that by 4 years of age, children make clear distinctions between prototypical living and nonliving kinds regardless of the property under consideration. Even 3-year-olds distinguish prototypical living and nonliving kinds when asked about biological properties. When reasoning about nonbiological properties for the full range of items, however, even 5-year-olds and adults …
New Approaches On The Horizon: Comments On Jaaniste, Hayes, And Von Baeyer's “Providing Children With Information About Forthcoming Medical Procedures: A Review And Synthesis”, Jennifer Jipson, Barbara G. Melamed
New Approaches On The Horizon: Comments On Jaaniste, Hayes, And Von Baeyer's “Providing Children With Information About Forthcoming Medical Procedures: A Review And Synthesis”, Jennifer Jipson, Barbara G. Melamed
Psychology and Child Development
Jaaniste, Hayes, and von Baeyer contribute to the growing body of work on preparing children for medical events by describing an Information Provision Model to aid clinicians in developing effective preparatory tools. This commentary considers the contributions of this model, and extends several of the principal ideas in new directions. In doing so, particular attention is paid to investigating the meaning of the phrase “timely and appropriate” when used to describe optimal information provision. In addition, discussion of how the model relates to emerging understandings of coping processes on both neurological and behavioral levels is offered. Throughout, emphasis is placed …
Review: An End To Qualia? Dennett's Defense Of Heterophenomenology, Jason A. Williams
Review: An End To Qualia? Dennett's Defense Of Heterophenomenology, Jason A. Williams
Psychology and Child Development
No abstract provided.
Strategies To Avoid The Loss Of Developmental Potential In More Than 200 Million Children In The Developing World, Patrice L. Engle, Maureen M. Black, Jere R. Behrman, Meena Cabral De Mello, Paul Gertler, Lydia Kapiriri, Reynaldo Martorell, Mary Eming Young, International Child Development Steering Group
Strategies To Avoid The Loss Of Developmental Potential In More Than 200 Million Children In The Developing World, Patrice L. Engle, Maureen M. Black, Jere R. Behrman, Meena Cabral De Mello, Paul Gertler, Lydia Kapiriri, Reynaldo Martorell, Mary Eming Young, International Child Development Steering Group
Psychology and Child Development
This paper is the third in the Child Development Series. The first paper showed that more than 200 million children under 5 years of age in developing countries do not reach their developmental potential. The second paper identified four well-documented risks: stunting, iodine deficiency, iron deficiency anaemia, and inadequate cognitive stimulation, plus four potential risks based on epidemiological evidence: maternal depression, violence exposure, environmental contamination, and malaria. This paper assesses strategies to promote child development and to prevent or ameliorate the loss of developmental potential. The most effective early child development programmes provide direct learning experiences to children and families, …
Student Research In Psychology Courses, Jason A. Williams
Student Research In Psychology Courses, Jason A. Williams
Psychology and Child Development
No abstract provided.
Environmental Intervention Handbook For Resource Managers: A Tool For Proenvironmental Behavior Change, Shawn M. Burn, Patricia L. Winter
Environmental Intervention Handbook For Resource Managers: A Tool For Proenvironmental Behavior Change, Shawn M. Burn, Patricia L. Winter
Psychology and Child Development
No abstract provided.
Scapegoating In Group Psychotherapy, J. Kelly Moreno
Scapegoating In Group Psychotherapy, J. Kelly Moreno
Psychology and Child Development
The purpose of this paper is to describe and illuminate the phenomenon of scapegoating in group psychotherapy. Specifically, the role of projective identification - on both individual and group-wide bases - in the evolution of the deviant is delineated. Individual, interpersonal, and whole-group interventions are presented along with the technique of functional subgrouping, a relatively new and particularly potent group intervention. Several case vignettes are detailed for illustration.