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Push or Carry? Pragmatic Opportunities for Language Development in Strollers vs. Backpacks.
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- Caregiving relationships are a cornerstone of developmental psychopathology.Development and psychopathology · 2024Review
- Social touch alters newborn monkey behavior.Infant behavior & development · 2019Article
- Infant Placement and Language Exposure in Daily Life.Infant and child developmentArticle
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Strollers and backpacks are employed early, frequently and throughout the first year, with parents overwhelmingly using strollers. However, because these transport modalities put infants in different proximities to caregivers, postures, and states of alertness, their use may translate to different opportunities that are of developmental consequence, particularly with regard to language. We used GoPro technology in a within subjects counter-balanced design to measure dyadic vocalizations in strollers and backpacks with 7-to-11-month-old infants. Parent-infant dyads (
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