This meta‐analysis examined associations between the quantity and quality of parental
linguistic input and children's language. Pooled effect size for quality (ie, vocabulary …

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience social communication difficulties
which can be compounded by increased social demands and expectations of the school …

Communication requires the abilities to generate and interpret utterances and to infer the
beliefs, desires, and goals of others (“Theory of Mind”; ToM). These two abilities have been …

Abstract Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Effective use of personal protective equipment (PPE) reduces this risk. We sought to …

Humans vary in almost every dimension imaginable, and language is no exception. In this
article, we review the past research that has focused on individual differences (IDs) in first …

Abstract The 30‐million‐word gap, the quantified difference in the amount of speech that
children growing up in low‐resourced homes hear compared to their peers from high …

Background and aims Play is used by practitioners from across disciplinary backgrounds as
a natural and enjoyable context for providing intervention and support in early childhood. In …

Humans often pursue idiosyncratic goals that appear remote from functional ends, including
information gain. We suggest that this is valuable because goals (even prima facie foolish or …

Purpose To evaluate the effects of the Parent-Child Sandplay Therapy (PCST) Program on
autism behaviors, social responsiveness and sleep quality among preschool children with …

Objects permeate human culture and saturate the imagination. This duality offers both
opportunity and challenge. Here we ask how young human children learn to exploit the …