Kovač, Grgur Portelas, Rémy Dominey, Peter Ford Oudeyer, Pierre-Yves
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Frontiers in Neurorobotics
Developmental psychologists have long-established socio-cognitive abilities as fundamental to human intelligence and development. These abilities enable individuals to enter, learn from, and contribute to a surrounding culture. This drives the process of cumulative cultural evolution, which is responsible for humanity's most remarkable achievements...
zellma, anna mąkosa, paweł michał
Many young people find themselves unable to cope with the challenges of today’s world and, as a result, lose their self-confidence and joy in life, suffer from depression, and even attempt suicide. The first community that should offer help in a crisis is, without doubt, the family, but it often needs support. Such support can and should be provide...
del Río, Juan Pablo Tapia, Valeska Soto, Hugo Vigil, Pilar
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Frontiers in Psychology
Introduction Hormones produced by the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal-gonadal (HPAG) axis are crucial for modulating central nervous system (CNS) function and development throughout a person’s life. Disruptions in HPAG function can impact psychological development, particularly during adolescence—a period marked by psychological growth and the matur...
Fauver, Michelle Clark, Eva M. Schwartz, Carolyn E.
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Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
This paper proposes a new model of stress that integrates earlier models and adds insights from developmental psychology. Previous models describe the behavioral and physical effects of stress events, but have not explained the translation of experiences into stress itself. The Developmental Model of Stress shows how psychosocial developmental chal...
Forss, Sofia Ciria, Alejandra Clark, Fay Galusca, Cristina-Loana Harrison, David Lee, Saein
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Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Curiosity is a core driver for life-long learning, problem-solving and decision-making. In a broad sense, curiosity is defined as the intrinsically motivated acquisition of novel information. Despite a decades-long history of curiosity research and the earliest human theories arising from studies of laboratory rodents, curiosity has mainly been con...
Drožđek, Boris Rodenburg, Jan
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Frontiers in Psychiatry
While treatment guidelines agree on the first-line interventions for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), there is an ongoing debate between experts regarding the treatment of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD). As scientific research is slowly emerging, different treatment approaches are used in clinical practice This...
Rovnaghi, Cynthia R Singhal, Kratika Leib, Ryan D Xenochristou, Maria Aghaeepour, Nima Chien, Allis S Ruiz, Monica O Dinakarpandian, Deendayal Anand, Kanwaljeet J S
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Psych
(1)Early childhood experiences have long-lasting effects on subsequent mental and physical health, education, and employment. Measurement of these effects relies on insensitive behavioral signs, subjective assessments by adult observers, neuroimaging or neurophysiological studies, or retrospective epidemiologic outcomes. Despite intensive search, t...
Ruggeri, Azzurra Stanciu, Oana Pelz, Madeline Gopnik, Alison Schulz, Eric
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Developmental science
What drives children to explore and learn when external rewards are uncertain or absent? Across three studies, we tested whether information gain itself acts as an internal reward and suffices to motivate children's actions. We measured 24-56-month-olds' persistence in a game where they had to search for an object (animal or toy), which they never ...
Enquist, Magnus Ghirlanda, Stefano Hattiangadi, Anandi Lind, Johan Gredebäck, Gustaf
Developmental psychology and cultural evolution are concerned with the same research questions but rarely interact. Collaboration between these fields could lead to substantial progress. Developmental psychology and related fields such as educational science and linguistics explore how behavior and cognition develop through combinations of social a...
Enquist, Magnus Jansson, Fredrik Ghirlanda, Stefano Michaud, Jérôme
We introduce a mathematical model of cultural evolution to study cultural traits that shape how individuals exchange information. Current theory focuses on traits that influence the reception of information (receiver traits), such as evaluating whether information represents the majority or stems from a trusted source. Our model shifts the focus fr...
