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: Muentener, Paul Jason, Herrig, Elise, Schulz, Laura E
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Published: Frontiers Research Foundation 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117605
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2981-8039