Infants exploring objects: A cascades perspective

Malachowski, Lauren G.; Needham, Amy

doi:10.1016/bs.acdb.2022.11.001

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“…One theme woven through these findings is the way in which different skills build on each other, as in a developmental cascade (Malachowski & Needham, 2022; Oakes & Rakison, 2019). A new skill like reaching‐to‐grasp opens up a multitude of new possibilities for learning about objects, but also for the development of fine motor skills including independent finger use and pincer grasp (leading, in turn, to more learning about objects).…”

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How babies use their hands to learn about objects: Exploration, reach‐to‐grasp, manipulation, and tool use

Needham

Nelson

2023

WIRES Cognitive Science

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Object play is essential for infant learning, and infants spend most of their day with objects. Young infants learn about objects and their properties through multimodal exploration facilitated by caregivers. They figure out how to transport their hands to where objects are, and how to grasp objects in increasingly complex ways. Building on earlier experiences, they learn how to use their hands collaboratively to act on objects, and how to use objects to act on other objects in instrumental ways. These changes in how infants use their hands occur during the most rapid period of motor development and may have important downstream implications for other domains. Recent research findings have established the importance of effective fine motor skills for later academic skills, yet our understanding of the factors that influence the early development of hand skills is sparse at best. Latest research on reaching, grasping, object manipulation, hands collaboration, and tool use is reviewed and connections among these developments are explained from the perspective of developmental cascades.This article is categorized under: Psychology > Motor Skill and Performance Psychology > Development and Aging

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How babies use their hands to learn about objects: Exploration, reach‐to‐grasp, manipulation, and tool use

Needham

Nelson

2023

WIRES Cognitive Science

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“…Atașamentul sigur reprezintă un "echilibru adecvat" și o tranziție lină între atașament și comportamentele exploratorii, astfel încât sugarii atașați în siguranță demonstrează în mod fiabil o explorare sporită atunci când sunt în prezența figurii atașamentului, atunci când figura atașamentului este absentă, stresul perturbă explorarea. Explorarea obiectelor este astfel înțeleasă ca un comportament care reflectă securitatea atașamentului [11]. Pe de altă parte, există studii care afirmă că persoanele cu atașamente nesigure sunt mai capabile să-și asume riscuri în diverse domenii de viață, ceea ce presupune, de asemenea, un comportament explorator.…”

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Theoretical dilemmas regarding the relationship between attachment styles and risk-taking behaviour

Popov

2024

Studia MSU. St.Ed.

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Attachment theory provides a powerful framework for understanding individual differences that affect interpersonal relationships, as well as a range of outcomes related to risky behaviors in various life domains. Existing research on the relationship between attachment styles and risk-taking is contradictory and confusing. On the one hand, there is research and the common belief that individuals with secure attachments view the world as a safe place, hence we expect these individuals to be more able to explore the world and take risks, and on the other hand, there is a body of research that highlights that individuals with insecure attachments are more likely to take on risky behaviours. The present article aims to bring more conceptual clarity in understanding and interpreting the conflicting findings about individuals’ ability to take risks based on attachment style.

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“…Infants' manual and oral object exploration ability may also provide further insight into the mechanisms that link hand preference and language outcomes (Malachowski & Needham, 2022). Muentener et al (2018) found that infants who were more efficient at exploring objects had larger vocabularies as toddlers and higher verbal comprehension scores at 3 years of age.…”

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Hand preference trajectories as predictors of language outcomes above and beyond SES: Infant patterns explain more variance than toddler patterns at 5 years of age

Contino,

Campbell,

Marcinowski

et al. 2023

Infant and Child Development

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Prior studies found that hand preference trajectories predict preschool language outcomes. However, this approach has been limited to examining bimanual manipulation in toddlers. It is not known whether hand preference during infancy for acquiring objects (i.e., reach‐to‐grasp) similarly predicts childhood language ability. The current study explored this motor‐language developmental cascade in 90 children. Hand preference for acquiring objects was assessed monthly from 6 to 14 months, and language skill was assessed at 5 years. Latent class growth analysis identified three infant hand preference classes: left, early right and late right. Infant hand preference classes predicted 5‐year language skills. Children in the left and early right classes, who were categorized as having a consistent hand preference, had higher expressive and receptive language scores relative to children in the inconsistent late right class. Consistent classes did not differ from each other on language outcomes. Infant hand preference patterns explained more variance for expressive and receptive language relative to previously reported toddler hand preference patterns, above and beyond socio‐economic status. Results suggest that hand preference, measured at different time points across development using a trajectory approach, is reliably linked to later language.Highlights Hand preference trajectories reliably predict preschool language above and beyond SES. Infants with a consistent hand preference for reaching had greater language skills at 5 years. Infant hand preference explained more variance in language than toddler hand preference.

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Infants exploring objects: A cascades perspective

Cited by 10 publications

References 111 publications

How babies use their hands to learn about objects: Exploration, reach‐to‐grasp, manipulation, and tool use

How babies use their hands to learn about objects: Exploration, reach‐to‐grasp, manipulation, and tool use

Theoretical dilemmas regarding the relationship between attachment styles and risk-taking behaviour

Hand preference trajectories as predictors of language outcomes above and beyond SES: Infant patterns explain more variance than toddler patterns at 5 years of age

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