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The effectiveness of music on pain during heel blood collection in premature infants: A randomized controlled trial 音乐对早产儿足跟采血疼痛的有效性：一项随机对照试验。

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2025-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102157

Pınar Doğan , Atiye Karakul , Defne Engür , Mehmet Yekta Öncel

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Early spontaneous movements in full-term infants exposed to gestational diabetes mellitus 妊娠期糖尿病暴露的足月婴儿的早期自发运动。

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2025-10-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102156

Büşra Kepenek-Varol , Osman Baştuğ , Ahmet Özdemi̇r , Özlem Menevşe

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Investigating the effects of age and autonomous locomotion on infant location use during the first year 调查年龄和自主运动对第一年婴儿位置使用的影响

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2025-10-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102155

Alicia L. Springfield , Do Kyeong Lee

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Before first words: Infants’ ability to map words to goals 在第一个单词之前：婴儿将单词映射到目标的能力。

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2025-10-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102154

Youjung Choi , Eun Young Kim , Hyuna Lee , Hyun-joo Song

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Early contributions of observed and parent-reported gesture to language development in children enrolled in early intervention 观察到的和父母报告的手势对早期干预儿童语言发展的早期贡献

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2025-10-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102152

Makenzy S. Turner, Lisa K. Boyce, Avery A. Briggs, Audrey C. Juhasz

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Exploring size-action and number-action associations in infancy 探索婴儿期尺寸-动作和数量-动作的关联。

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102153

Gisella Decarli , Ludovica Veggiotti , Maria Dolores de Hevia

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Humour from 12 to 36 months: Insights into children’s socio-cognitive and language development 12至36个月的幽默：洞察儿童的社会认知和语言发展

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2025-09-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102129

Chiara Mazzocconi , Béatrice Priego-Valverde

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Infants’ attraction to infant vocalizations – A catalyst for infant development 婴儿对婴儿发声的吸引力——婴儿发展的催化剂

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102150

Linda Polka , M. Fernanda Alonso-Arteche , Nicola K. Phillips , Samin Moradi , Lucie Ménard , Matthew Masapollo

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Exploring associations between maternal mental health and infant regulatory behaviors at 6 months in the home environment: Zooming in on maternal anxiety 探讨母亲心理健康与6个月大婴儿调节行为之间的关系：放大母亲焦虑

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102151

Gianina Pérez , Annie Aitken , Maggie Zhang , Moriah E. Thomason , Natalie H. Brito

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Rethinking the study of newborn sociality: Challenges and opportunities 新生儿社会性研究的再思考：挑战与机遇。

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102149

Elizabeth A. Simpson

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