The Efficiency of Infants' Exploratory Play Is Related to Longer-Term Cognitive Development

In this longitudinal study we examined the stability of exploratory play in infancy and its relation to cognitive development in early childhood. We assessed infants' (N = 130, mean age at enrollment = 12.02 months, SD = 3.5 months; range: 5–19 months) exploratory play four times over 9 months....

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Main Authors: Paul Muentener, Elise Herrig, Laura Schulz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00635/full