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Ages & Stages

Ages & Stages

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  1. Ainsworth, M. S. (1979). Infant–mother attachment (Links to an external site.)
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  2. Als, H., Duffy, F. H., McAnulty, G. B., Rivkin, M. J., Vajapeyam, S., Mulkern, R. V., ... & Fischer, C. (2004). Early experience alters brain function and structure (Links to an external site.)
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  7. Boersma, G. J., Bale, T. L., Casanello, P., Lara, H. E., Lucion, A. B., Suchecki, D., & Tamashiro, K. L. (2014). Long‐term impact of early life events on physiology and behaviour. (Links to an external site.)
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  8. Bruner, J. S. (1965). The growth of mind (Links to an external site.)
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  9. Burgaleta, M., Johnson, W., Waber, D. P., Colom, R., & Karama, S. (2014). Cognitive ability changes and dynamics of cortical thickness development in healthy children and adolescents (Links to an external site.)
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  10. Byrne, B. et al. (2006). Genetic and environmental influences on early literacy (Links to an external site.)
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  13. Carstensen, L. L. (1992). Social and emotional patterns in adulthood: support for socioemotional selectivity theory (Links to an external site.)
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  14. Carskadon, M. A., Wolfson, A. R., Acebo, C., Tzischinsky, O., & Seifer, R. (1998). Adolescent sleep patterns, circadian timing, and sleepiness at a transition to early school days (Links to an external site.)
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  16. Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative. (2011). The adolescent brain: new research and its implications for young people transitioning from foster care. Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, St. Louis, MO.

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  32. Fischer, K.W. (1980). A theory of cognitive development: The control and construction of hierarchies of skills. Psychological review, 87(6), 477.

  33. Fischer, K. W., & Bidell, T. R. (2006). Dynamic development of action, thought, and emotion. In W. Damon & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Theoretical models of human development. Handbook of child psychology (6th ed., Vol. 1, pp. 313-399). New York: Wiley.

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  35. Fischer, F.M., Radosevic-Vidacek, B., Koscec, A., et al. (2008). Internal and external time conflicts in adolescents: sleep characteristics and interventions. Mind, Brain, and Education, 2(1), 17-23.

  36. Fischer, K. W., & Silvern, L. (1985). Stages and individual differences in cognitive development. (Links to an external site.)
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  37. Fischer, K. W., Yan, Z., & Stewart, J. (2003). Adult cognitive development: Dynamics in the developmental web.  (Links to an external site.)
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  38. Fox, S. E., Levitt, P., & Nelson III, C. A. (2010). How the timing and quality of early experiences influence the development of brain architecture. (Links to an external site.)
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  39. Frankenhuis, W. E., & Del Giudice, M. (2012). When do adaptive developmental mechanisms yield maladaptive outcomes? (Links to an external site.)
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  40. Freud, S. (1932). Libidinal types. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly.

  41. Giannotti, Fl, Cortesi, Fl, Sebastiani, T., & Ottaviano, S. (2002). Circadian preference, sleep and daytime behaviour in adolescence. Journal of Sleep Research, 11, 191-199.

  42. Gladstone, M. J., Lancaster, G. A., Jones, A. P., Maleta, K., Mtitimila, E., Ashorn, P., & Smyth, R. L. (2008). Can Western developmental screening tools be modified for use in a rural Malawian setting? (Links to an external site.)
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  43. Granott, N., Fischer, K. W., & Parziale, J. (2002). Bridging to the unknown: A transition mechanism in learning and development.  (Links to an external site.)
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  45. Guerri, C. & Pascual, M. (2010). Mechanisms involved in the neurotoxic, cognitive, and neurobehavioral effects of alcohol consumption during adolescence. (Links to an external site.)
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  46. Hart, B., & Risley, T. R. (1995). Meaningful differences in the everyday experience of young American children. (Links to an external site.)
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  47. Hayiou-Thomas, M.E., Narlaar, N., Dale, P.S., & Plomin, R. (2006). Genetic and environmental mediation of the prediction from preschool language and nonverbal ability to 7-year reading. Journal of Research in Reading, 29(1), 50-74.

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  49. Hensch, T. K. (2004). Critical period regulation (Links to an external site.)
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  50. Hensch, T. K. (2005). Critical period plasticity in local cortical circuits (Links to an external site.)
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  51. Hensch, T. K., & Bilimoria, P. M. (2012, July). Re-opening windows: manipulating critical periods for brain development. (Links to an external site.)
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  52. Heo, K. H., & Squires, J. (2012). Cultural adaptation of a parent completed social emotional screening instrument for young children: Ages and stages questionnaire-social emotional (Links to an external site.)
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  53. Knudsen, E. (2004). Sensitive periods in the development of the brain and behavior (Links to an external site.)
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  54. Kerstjens, J. M., Bos, A. F., ten Vergert, E. M., de Meer, G., Butcher, P. R., & Reijneveld, S. A. (2009). Support for the global feasibility of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire as developmental screener.  (Links to an external site.)
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  56. Kohlberg, L. (1985). Kohlberg’s stages of moral development. Theories of development. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 118-136.

  57. Knudsen, E. I. (2004). Sensitive periods in the development of the brain and behavior. (Links to an external site.)
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  58. Kolb, B., Forgie, M., Gibb, R., Gorny, G., & Rowntree, S. (1998). Age, experience and the changing brain. (Links to an external site.)
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  60. Krogsrud, S. K., Fjell, A. M., Tamnes, C. K., Grydeland, H., Mork, L., Due-Tønnessen, P., ... & Walhovd, K. B. (2016). Changes in white matter microstructure in the developing brain—A longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging study of children from 4 to 11years of age. (Links to an external site.)
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  2. Illinois Family Impact Seminar. (2011). 2011 Family impact seminar: Learning to play, playing to learn. [Video]. (1:20:42). Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jizJmp5Ul2k#!  (Links to an external site.)
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