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Play in Cognitive Development: From Rational Constructivism to Predictive Processing

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract It is widely believed that play and curiosity are key ingredients as children develop models of the world. There is also an emerging consensus that children are Bayesian learners who combine their structured prior beliefs with estimations of the likelihood of new evidence to infer the most probable model of the world.
Marc M. Andersen, Julian Kiverstein
wiley   +1 more source

Preschool Expulsion Risk Factors: Teachers' Ratings of Preschoolers' Challenging Behaviors Vary by the Cooperativeness of their Parents. [PDF]

Prev Sci
Zulauf-McCurdy CA, Brooks R, Meltzoff AN.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Transfer of paracetamol across the placenta and fetal blood–brain barriers and its safety for use in pregnancy

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is commonly taken during pregnancy for pain and fever. To gain a more comprehensive understanding of paracetamol's effects during pregnancy, several elements need to be examined including the transfer of paracetamol across the placenta and into the developing brain, the short‐ and long‐term effects of ...
Yifan Huang, Liam Koehn
wiley   +1 more source

Well-being of preschool teachers and their work engagement: cross-cultural differences between Russian and Serbian samples. [PDF]

BMC Psychol
Rudnova NA, Kornienko DS, Volkova EN, Zanini D, Manojlovic M, Drid P.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Talking Minds: Group Gender Composition and Educators’ Mental State Language in Early Childhood Education and Care

Social Development, Volume 35, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Children's exposure to mental state language (MSL) has implications for their social, emotional and cognitive developmental outcomes. Although parental MSL is found to vary as a function of child gender, gender differences in children's MSL exposure are yet to be considered in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) context.
Elizabeth Brook, Peter Rankin, Callyn Farrell, Sandy Houen, Karen Thorpe, Aisling Mulvihill   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Fostering self-regulated learning. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Šašić SŠ, Heaysman O, Otto B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Parent‐Child Pretend Play Behaviours and Symptoms of Depression in School‐Referred Children

Social Development, Volume 35, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Pretend play is important for children's social and emotional development yet significant gaps in knowledge remain. Parent‐child pretend play of school‐aged children is largely overlooked, despite the key role parents play for children of this age.
Catherine Sheehan, Salim Hashmi, Katherine H. Shelton, Amy L. Paine   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The positive role of teachers' social-emotional competence in burnout: the mediating effects of teaching efficacy. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Wang J, Yang Z, Chen X, Chen H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Early‐Life Antecedents of Distrust and Social Isolation in Adolescence: A Large‐Scale, Exploratory Analysis of the UK's Millennium Cohort Study

Social Development, Volume 35, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Adolescence is a period when interpersonal distrust and perceived social isolation become significant risk factors for adverse psychosocial outcomes. However, there is limited longitudinal evidence quantifying the relative importance of early‐life antecedents of these risk factors.
Dimitris I. Tsomokos, Efstathios Papachristou, Eirini Flouri   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source