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Applying a Transformer-based machine-learning model to classify caregiver and infant behaviours during dyadic interactions 应用基于transformer的机器学习模型对二元交互过程中看护人和婴儿的行为进行分类。

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102175

Alexander Turner , Aly Magassouba , Sobanawartiny Wijeakumar

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Sequential communication patterns reflecting building blocks of conversation: Associations with toddler temperament and mother and father sensitivity 反映对话构建模块的顺序沟通模式：与幼儿气质和父母敏感性的联系。

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102177

Margaret A. Fields-Olivieri, Kristin J. Jennings, Crystal E. Thinzar, Brianna M. Halter

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Parent Well-Being and Language Input Predict Child Face-Voice Matching and Expressive Language Outcomes 父母幸福感和语言输入预测儿童面孔-声音匹配和表达性语言结果

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102163

Elizabeth V. Edgar , Kaitlyn Testa , Bethany Ramirez , Ryan A. Cannistraci , James Torrence Todd , Lorraine E. Bahrick

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The Italian MB-CDI ‘Words and Gestures’ complete and short form: Normative data and validity 意大利语MB-CDI“语言和手势”的完整和简短形式：规范性数据和有效性。

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102173

Pasquale Rinaldi , Arianna Bello , Silvia Stefanini , Maria Cristina Caselli , Patrizio Pasqualetti

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Caregivers’ vocabulary use for children with cochlear implants and children with normal hearing during the first year of post-activation 人工耳蜗植入儿童和听力正常儿童在激活后第一年的词汇使用情况。

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102176

Jongmin Jung , Yuanyuan Wang , Tonya Bergeson , Derek Houston

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Investigating parental scaffolding and visual experiences in toddlers with autism and high familial likelihood for later autism diagnosis: A head-mounted eye-tracker study 一项头戴式眼动仪研究：调查自闭症幼儿的父母支架和视觉体验以及后来自闭症诊断的高家族可能性

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102130

Elizabeth Perkovich , Sarah Mire , Hanako Yoshida

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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 : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102157

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

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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 : 2025-12-01 Epub 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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Neurodevelopmental trajectories of face processing in infants: A review and future directions 婴儿面部加工的神经发育轨迹：综述及未来发展方向

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102132

Katherine Meltzoff, Cameron A. Ryczek

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Infant long-term memory: The last quarter century and the next 婴儿长期记忆：过去四分之一个世纪和下一个世纪。

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Infant Behavior & Development Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102136

Kelsey Davinson , Amy E. Learmonth , Kimberly Cuevas

{"title":"Infant long-term memory: The last quarter century and the next","authors":"Kelsey Davinson , Amy E. Learmonth , Kimberly Cuevas","doi":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102136","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102136","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Over the last quarter century, research on infant long-term memory has explored the complex, nuanced ways infants remember and how early memories shape interactions with the world. Pioneering investigations in the 1950s and 1960s revolutionized the study of infant cognition and memory. By 2000, foundational properties of infant memory were established via preferential looking, imitation, and operant conditioning paradigms. In the years since, research has advanced understanding of how infants encode, consolidate, and retrieve information across diverse situations. This body of work has revealed that infants possess memory capacities once thought to emerge later in development and that experience shapes both the duration and flexibility of memory. Systematic investigations of reminders have established the necessary and sufficient conditions for retrieval, emphasizing the roles of context, cue, and timing. Advances in behavioral and neuroimaging research, including sleep-based paradigms, have provided insights into memory consolidation during infancy. Recent studies have also broadened the scope of inquiry to include early learning and retention across various media, such as picture books, television, and touchscreens. However, debate continues regarding the nature of infant memory and whether different types of memory follow distinct developmental trajectories. This review outlines future research directions, including how intertwined learning, memory, and attention processes influence one another and are shaped by the dynamic and evolving niches that infants inhabit. Despite major progress, important questions remain unresolved, including the characterization and fate of our earliest memories.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48222,"journal":{"name":"Infant Behavior & Development","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102136"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145082060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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