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Category Specific Spatial Frequency Adaptation with Faces and Cars
(Vanderbilt University, 2011-04-06)
People or Video? What Do Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders Choose?
(Vanderbilt University, 2011-02-07)
Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by social, communication and behavioral challenges. This research follows up on reports that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) learn important skills ...
Relation of Chronicity, Severity and Number of Episodes of Maternal Major Depressive Disorder to Children's Psychopathology and Functioning in Grade 12
(Vanderbilt University, 2009)
The relations between chronicity, severity, and number of episodes of maternal major depressive disorder (MDD) and child outcomes at grade 12 were examined in a sample of 185 mothers and children. Main effects models ...
Parental Warmth and Hostility in Parent-Child Interactions in Families of Depressed Parents
(Vanderbilt University, 2009-04-03)
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of parental hostility and warmth on the children of depressed parents. The study includes parents with a history of Major Depressive Disorder and their children as ...
The Relation Between Early Joint Attention Responding and Later Theory of Mind in Younger Siblings of Children with Autism
(Vanderbilt University, 2009-05)
A link between early responding to joint attention (RJA) and later theory of mind (ToM) has been found in typically developing children but has not been examined in children at risk for autism. RJA at age 12 months was ...
Sex differences in the experience of anger and anger-related emotions
(Vanderbilt University, 2008-04)
This study looks at the influence of social factors on the elicitation of emotion. Specifically, the study focuses on variations of anger experience as a result of different gender-dyad interactions. Participants imagined ...
Relation between parent and child depression: Sex, age, pubertal status, and parent-child conflict as moderators
(Vanderbilt University, 2010-04-06)
Children of depressed parents are at increased risk for developing depression themselves. Children’s sex, age, pubertal development, and parent-child conflict all have been shown to be related to depressive symptoms in ...
Environment and Healthy Eating Behavior
(Vanderbilt University, 2011-04)
Obesity is a serious disease that affects approximately 24 percent of the population in the United States. With obesity trends continually on the rise, it is important to identify and address the potential factors causing ...
Do context cues help preschoolers learn words by differentiating between reliable and unreliable informants?
(Vanderbilt University, 2011-04-29)
The present study investigates if 4-year-old children use people’s pragmatic competence as a standard for learning from them. In this study we define a person’s pragmatic competence by their ability to adhere to the Gricean ...
Associations of Maternal Macro- and Micro-Level Communication Styles and Child Emotions During Parent-Child Discussions About Children’s Cancer
(Vanderbilt University, 2011-04)
Previous research indicates that children with pediatric cancer may be at risk for both short-term and long-term emotional difficulties including anxiety and depression. Parent communication may guide a child in successfully ...