Browsing by Author "Needham, Amy"
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Jeanne, Charlotte (Vanderbilt University, 2019-04)Previous research has shown that the “sticky mittens” reaching intervention has a positive effect on reaching and object exploration skills. Further, early reaching and object exploration abilities have been shown to have ...
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Borten, Ariel (Vanderbilt University, 2011-04)Many different factors play a role in the development of an infant’s ability to use tools. A previous version of the current study examined active versus observational learning on an infant’s ability to be trained to use ...
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McGowan, Maggie; Needham, Amy (Vanderbilt University, 2023-03)During infancy, consistent exposure to frequent, responsive speech is fundamental for optimal language development to occur, but there is a great amount of variability in the language that infants hear across the first ...
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Zhang, Xuning (Vanderbilt University, 2017-05-01)The proposed research focuses on extrinsic factors and aims to investigate how parenting practices, postural positions, and infants’ varied prior experiences in sitting, supine, and reclining postures influence 3-month-old ...
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Detherage, Ashley (Vanderbilt University, 2017-04-26)How do toddlers’ executive function skills relate to abilities to use familiar tools in unfamiliar ways? What method might encourage infants to employ executive function skills to override their prepotent, or automatic, ...
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Greenberg, Sara (Vanderbilt University, 2013-04-08)In a study of infant tool use, Barrett, Davis, and Needham (2007) found that previous experience with spoons prevented infants from utilizing an unusual grasp of a teaspoon to complete a novel task. Infants were, however, ...
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Ballard, Rachel (Vanderbilt University, 2013-04-09)Infants received a prehension enrichment experience (active training), which allowed pre-reaching infants to gain experience with prehension before they would normally begin such behaviors. During the prehension enrichment ...
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Needham, Amy (Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Education and Human Development, 2010-01-14)Amy Needham, Ph.D., presented at the monthly Developmental Disabilities Grand Rounds series for clinicians, researchers, trainees, and students on January 13, 2010.