Malleability of spatial skills: bridging developmental psychology and toy design for joyful STEAM development by Çiğdem İrem İleri, Melisa Erşan, Duru Kalaça, Duru Kalaça, Aykut Coşkun, Tilbe Göksun, Aylin C. Küntay

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MINDBOT: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A MIND-CONTROLLED EDUCATIONAL ROBOT TOY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN by Sibar J. Khalid, Ismael A. Ali

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Formaldehyde Emissions from Wooden Toys: Comparison of Different Measurement Methods and Assessment of Exposure by Morgane Even, Olaf Wilke, Sabine Kalus, Petra Schultes, Christoph Hutzler, Andreas Luch

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Exploratory Study of Preservice Early-Childhood Teachers’ Experiences of Electronic Toys and Play Preference by Poh-Hwa Liang

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Differences in energy balance-related behaviours in European preschool children: the ToyBox-study. by Marieke De Craemer, Mina Lateva, Violeta Iotova, Ellen De Decker, Maïté Verloigne, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Odysseas Androutsos, Piotr Socha, Zbigniew Kulaga, Luis Moreno, Berthold Koletzko, Yannis Manios, Greet Cardon, ToyBox-study group

“…The aim of the current study was to compare levels of energy balance-related behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and dietary behaviours (more specifically water consumption, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and unhealthy snacking)) in four- to six-year-old preschoolers from six European countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Poland, and Spain) within the ToyBox cross-sectional study.A sample of 4,045 preschoolers (4.77 ± 0.43 years; 52.2% boys) had valid physical activity data (steps per day), parents of 8,117 preschoolers (4.78 ± 0.46 years; 53.0% boys) completed a parental questionnaire with questions on sedentary behaviours (television viewing, computer use, and quiet play), and parents of 7,244 preschoolers (4.77 ± 0.44 years; 52.0% boys) completed a food frequency questionnaire with questions on water consumption, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and unhealthy snacking.The highest levels of physical activity were found in Spain (12,669 steps/day on weekdays), while the lowest levels were found in Bulgaria and Greece (9,777 and 9,656 steps/day on weekdays, respectively). …”
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Toys, Advertisements, and Gender Roles: a Research on three Italian Television Channels for Children by Claudia Baiata, Elena Pacetti

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Evaluation of the behavior of the preschool one just admitted in the unit of pediatrics and the use of the therapeutic toy by Mariana Coelho Campos, Karen Cristina S. Rodrigues, Marcia Carla Morete Pinto

“…Conclusion: Children interact well with the toys, representing home and hospital situations, and expressing feelings of anger and love. …”
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Sex toys for pleasure, but there are risks: In silico toxicity studies of leached Micro/Nanoplastics and phthalates by Christian Ebere Enyoh, Qingyue Wang

“…The widespread use of sex toys has sparked concerns about potential health risks associated with the leaching of micro/nanoplastics (M/NPs) and phthalates. …”
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ToyBots. Allevare robot per apprendere a governare un processo evolutivo by Henrik H. Lund, Orazio Miglino, Luigi Pagliarini

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Evaluation of the behavior of the preschool one just admitted in the unit of pediatrics and the use of the therapeutic toy by Mariana Coelho Campos, Karen Cristina S. Rodrigues, Marcia Carla Morete Pinto

“…Conclusion: Children interact well with the toys, representing home and hospital situations, and expressing feelings of anger and love. …”
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The Inner Dynamics of Kidult Culture: Trending Toys and games, Theme Parks, and Animated Movies by Gu Peiying, Liang Wenrui

“…Trending toys, Disneyland, animation movies , which are traditionally connoted as children’s synonymous entertainment, have progressively gathered a growing number of elder children and adults, which is called Kidult. …”
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Scalar QED as a toy model for higher-order effects in classical gravitational scattering by Zvi Bern, Juan Pablo Gatica, Enrico Herrmann, Andres Luna, Mao Zeng

“…Abstract Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) serves as a useful toy model for classical observables in gravitational two-body systems with reduced complexity due to the linearity of QED. …”
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The Effect of a Musical Toy on Preschool Children’s Pain and Anxiety During Blood Collection by Fatma KURUDİREK, Zeynep DEMİR İMAMOĞLU, Sümeyye EKİCİ

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Application of validated migration models for the risk assessment of styrene and acrylonitrile in ABS plastic toys by Zhijuan Wang, Hongyan Li, Tao Li, Qing Zhang, Yaqi Cai, Hua Bai, Qing Lv

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Afrocentrated perspective in the history at cafs toys: strengthening self-esteem and black children's identity by Paulo de Tarso da Silva Júnior, Carla Andréa Silva

“…In the actions of research, extension and training of students who act as monitors-toys, the theoretical support framework has been the cultural historical perspective. …”
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FİLMLERE YERLEŞTİRİLEN MARKALARIN ÇOCUKLAR TARAFINDAN HATIRLANMASI - TOY STORY III FİLMİ ÖRNEĞİ by Nilsun Sarıyer, Hayat Ayar

“…Eğer çocuklar bu markaları hatırlıyorlarsa hatırlamayı etkileyen faktörler de tespit edilmeye çalışılacaktır. Bu amaçla Toy Story III filmi seçilmiştir. Veriler, bu filmi seyreden 200 çocukla yapılan yüzyüze anket yoluyla elde edilmiştir. …”
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A Red Giants’ Toy Story. II. Understanding the Red-giant Branch Bump by Marcelo M. Miller Bertolami

“…Here we use a recently proposed simple toy model for the structure of low-mass RGs, together with previous results, to show beyond reasonable doubt that the change in luminosity at the RGBB can be traced to the change in the mean molecular weight of the layers on top of the burning shell. …”
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Beyond play: a comparative study of multi-sensory and traditional toys in child education by Yijun Fan, Daphne Khee Chong, Yuanzhe Li

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Symmetric and asymmetric discrimination of bosonic loss: Toy applications to biological samples and photodegradable materials by Pirandola, Stefano, Braunstein, Samuel L., Spedalieri, Gaetana

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Quantum Bose-Hubbard model with an evolving graph as a toy model for emergent spacetime by Lloyd, Seth, Hamma, Alioscia, Markopoulou, Fotini, Caravelli, Francesco, Severini, Simone, Markström, Klas

“…We present a toy model for interacting matter and geometry that explores quantum dynamics in a spin system as a precursor to a quantum theory of gravity. …”
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