Online BabyLab

04/11/2024

about activity during and

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In the 2021 study, “Maternal Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity across Pregnancy and Early Childhood Motor Development,” Jones et al. aimed to determine whether a mother’s physical activity levels during pregnancy could predict more advanced motor skills during early childhood. The study...

04/10/2024

Continuing our Current Project Spotlight series is Eli Anish! Eli recently presented this research at the Fredrick Honors College Research Symposium. He investigates the relationship between interaction and motor development! Check it out!

Eli's honor thesis through the Online BabyLab investigates the effects of parental resets in the BabyLab's reaching task. The reaching task sample includes infants around 3.5 months nand their parents, and the infant is encouraged to reach for and interact with a spoon. We compared the infant's inte...

04/04/2024

on potential links between motor development, executive function, and

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In the study, “Emerging Executive Functioning and Motor Development in Infants at High and Low Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder,” executive function and motor skills were examined in infants at lower and higher risk for an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis (ASD). Infants with a sibling are con...

04/02/2024

Last week, lab member Eli Anish presented his research done through the Online BabyLab at the Fredrick Honors College Research Symposium. Eli researched the effects of parent interference on infant motor development. Well done Eli!

03/26/2024

about and play!

The article “The Roles of Child Gender and Parental Knowledge of Child Development in Parent-Child Interactive Play” by Marjanovič-Umek and Fekonja-Peklaj assessed how a child’s gender impacts how parents and their children play together. They also investigated the relationship between parent...

03/21/2024

on and

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A study by Christin Haselbeck et al. in 2017 measured the effects of prenatal stress during pregnancy on infant temperament and motor skills development. This study found a link between higher overall prenatal stress and a more difficult temperament. This link was shown in infant activity levels. Th...

02/22/2024

We are starting a new series on our blog where we highlight projects being run by our lab members! One of our graduate students, Darcy Smith, is kicking us off with her research on the ways income and socioeconomic status could affect infant development. Check it out!

One of our graduate students, Darcy Smith, is currently investigating the impact of family education and income on infant motor development. Her previous research found socioeconomic status affects fine motor skills (small muscle movements, like picking up a toy) and perception-action skills (integr...

11/10/2023

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In the qualitative research study, The Influence of Culture on Parenting Practices of East Asian Families and Emotional Intelligence of Older Adolescents, Helen Y. Sung aims to determine whether there is a relationship between Eastern Asian families’ parenting styles and their adolescent’s emoti...

10/31/2023

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In the study Effects of Baby Swimming on Motor Development and Cognitive Development: A Pilot Trial, Borioni et al. tested to see if infant swimming had any effects on cognitive and motor development. This study was conducted in Rome, Italy with 27 participants ranging from 0 to 3 years. They split....

10/27/2023

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This study intended to assess the onset of gender labels during infant development. The longitudinal study included a sample of 82 children (36 males, 46 females) and their mothers. Families were primarily middle-class, European American. Participant criteria made sure all infants were the firstborn...

10/12/2023

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Premature births are a worldwide epidemic reaching about 15 million premature births per year. While survival has increased among premature babies, there is still potential for them to have lifelong health problems including cerebral palsy, cognitive disabilities, developmental delays, and more. A s...

09/29/2023

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In the article “How large are gender differences in toy preferences?”, Davis and Hines (2020), they aimed to understand the magnitude of gender-related effects on children’s toy preferences that were impacted by the methods, year, types of toys, and age of children. Utilizing a meta-analysis a...