Browsing by Subject "Cognición"
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The impact of intimate partner violence on child development in Peru
(GRADE, 2018)The researchers used longitudinal data from a cohort of Peruvian children (n=1,720) tracked starting at the age of 1 year old to test the association between alcohol-induced physical IPV (intimate partner violence) against ... -
The Neuroscience of Mathematical Cognition and Learning
(OECD, 2016-06)The synergistic potential of cognitive neuroscience and education for efficient learning has attracted considerable interest from the general public, teachers, parents, academics and policymakers alike. This review is aimed ... -
The Socio-Economic Gradient of Child Development : Cross-Sectional Evidence from Children 6-42 Months In Bogota
(BID, 2013-01)We study the socio-economic gradient of child development on a representative sample of low- and middle-income children aged 6-42 months in Bogota, using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, a high quality test based ... -
The Sooner The Better But It’s Never Too Late : The Impact of Nutrition at Different Periods of Childhood on Cognitive Development
(Young Lives, 2017-01)Although it has been argued that undernutrition and its consequences for child development are irreversible after the age of 2, the evidence in support of these hypotheses is inconclusive. This working paper investigates ... -
The value of (pre)school playgrounds for children’s physical activity level : a systematic review
(International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2014)The (pre)school environment is an important setting to improve children’s health. Especially, the (pre)school playground provides a major opportunity to intervene. This review presents an overview of the existing evidence ... -
Understanding and facilitating the development of intellect
(UNESCO, 2015-03)Information flows continuously in the environment. As we attempt to do something, our senses receive large volumes of information. In any conversation, messages are exchanged rapidly. To understand meaning, we have to ... -
Use of Extra-School Time and Child Behaviours : Evidence from the UK
(Institute for the Study of Labor, 2018-06)In this paper, the researchers study the effects of extra-school activities on children's non-cognitive development, using data from the Millennium Cohort Study (UK) and focusing on children aged 7-11 years old. The authors ... -
Using the infrastructure of a conditional cash transfer program to deliver a scalable integrated early child development program in Colombia : cluster randomized controlled trial
(BMJ, 2014-09)Objective: To assess the effectiveness of an integrated early child development intervention, combining stimulation and micronutrient supplementation and delivered on a large scale in Colombia, for children’s development, ... -
Validación de una prueba de habilidades de pensamiento para alumnos de cuarto y quinto de secundaria y primer año de universidad
(UNMSM, 2010)Da a conocer los resultados de un estudio psicométrico de una prueba elaborada con el fin de evaluar cuantitativa y cualitativamente los procesos cognitivos básicos y superiores del pensamiento, mediante la comprensión ... -
Validez concurrente y viabilidad de pruebas cortas comúnmente usadas para medir el desarrollo infantil temprano en estudios a gran escala : metodología y resultados
(BID, 2016-08)Medir el desarrollo infantil temprano (DIT) mediante pruebas estándar de diagnóstico en estudios a gran escala resulta difícil y costoso. Por esto, con frecuencia se utilizan pruebas de tamizaje multidimensionales y pruebas ... -
Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries
(The World Bank, 2014-02)Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and noncognitive abilities appear early in the life cycle. Little is known about this important question for developing countries. This paper provides new ... -
You can’t always want what you get: Children's intuitions about ownership and desire
(Elsevier, 2014)Ownership is a central element of human experience. The present experiments were designed to examine the influence of psychological state on ownership judgments. In three experiments, 4-year-olds were asked to make ownership ... -
Young infants prefer prosocial to antisocial others
(Elsevier, 2010)The current study replicates and extends the finding (Hamlin, Wynn & Bloom, 2007) that infants prefer individuals who act prosocially toward unrelated third parties over those who act antisocially. Using different stimuli ...