Search for dissertations about: "infancy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 224 swedish dissertations containing the word infancy.

  2. 1. Manual Motor Development in Infancy : Execution and Observation of Actions

    Author : Therese Ljunghammar Ekberg; Gustaf Gredebäck; Claes von Hofsten; Jeffrey J. Lockman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Infancy; Motor development; Reaching; Actions; Motor prediction; Prospective motor control; Social cognition; Stereopsis; Mirror neuron system; Mu rhythm; Motor impairment; Autism Spectrum Disorder; High-risk siblings; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Of all motor skills, manual reaching might be the one ability that matters most for infants’ perceptual, cognitive and social development. Reaching allows infants to learn about object properties, but also gives opportunities for socializing with others. READ MORE

  4. 2. Nutrition and health in infancy and childhood : an epidemiological approach to the assessment of dietary habits, their determinants and implications

    Author : Lars Åke Persson; Gösta Samuelson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Breastfeeding; dietary habits; growth; dental caries; obesity; CHD risk factors; infancy; childhood; epidemiology;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to describe the distribution of feeding habits and dietary habits of Swedish children of different ages, to search for determinants of the observed distributions and to analyse some possible implications of those habits regarding health and growth. The present results emanate from a longitudinal study of feeding, growth and development of 312 infants and from a cross-sectional study on the dietary habits of 738 children aged 4,8 and 13 years. READ MORE

  5. 3. Attention and Self-regulation in Infancy and Toddlerhood : The Early Development of Executive Functions and Effortful Control

    Author : Maria Johansson; Gustaf Gredebäck; Gunilla Bohlin; Sandra Anne Wiebe; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Executive functions; Effortful control; Sustained attention; Infancy; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Executive functions are higher-order cognitive functions underlying self-regulation of behavior. That is, executive functions make it possible to resolve internal conflicts and behave according to future goals rather than acting on sudden impulses or going on automatic. READ MORE

  6. 4. Emergence of words : Multisensory precursors of sound-meaning associations in infancy

    Author : Eeva Klintfors; Francisco Lacerda; Daniel Swingley; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; language acquisition; word acquisition; auditory-visual; multisensory; sound-meaning association; distributional learning; perceptual salience; infancy; språkinlärning; ordinlärning; audio-visuell; multisensorisk; förbindelser mellan ljud och betydelse; distributionell inlärning; perceptuell prominens; spädbarn; Phonetics; Fonetik; Phonetics; fonetik;

    Abstract : This thesis presents four experimental studies, carried out at the Phonetic laboratory, Stockholm University, on infants’ ability to establish auditory-visual sound-meaning associations as a precursor of early word acquisition. Study I reports on the effect of linguistic variance on infants’ ability (3- to 20-months) to establish sound-meaning associations. READ MORE

  7. 5. The dynamics of red blood cells and iron status during infancy

    Author : Marie Larsson; Lund Pediatrik; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Barnreferensintervall; Röda blodkroppar; Erytrocyter; Extremt för tidig födsel; Erytropoes; Klinisk kemi; Järnstatus; Ferritin; sTfR; Neonatologi; Pediatrik; Fetal tillväxthämning; Referensintervall; Pediatric reference intervals; Reference limits; Extremely preterm birth; Fetal growth restriction; Clinical chemistry; Iron status; Red blood cells; Erythrocyte; Transfusion; Ferritin; sTfR; Hemoglobin; Neonatal; Reference intervals; Umbilical cord blood; Infancy; Iron deficiency; Anemia; Acute phase response; soluble Transferrin receptor; Neonatal intensive care; Erythropoiesis; Birth; Infant;

    Abstract : Red blood cell (RBC) and iron status biomarkers are commonly used in clinical diagnostics. However, interpretations of infant test results are inherently challenging. READ MORE