Marc H. Bornstein

TL;DR: Noun prevalence in the vocabularies of young children and the merits of several theories that may account for this pattern are discussed.

TL;DR: Maternal vocabulary itself was positively influenced by SES, maternal verbal intelligence, and mothers' knowledge about parenting and children's vocabulary competence was influenced indirectly by mothers' vocabulary, social personality, and knowledge of child development.

TL;DR: This chapter discusses Between Caretakers and Their Young: Two Modes of Interaction and Their Consequences for Cognitive Growth, and how to Formulate the Interaction Problem?

TL;DR: The authors found that infants categorize wavelengths by perceptual similarity; that is, they see hues in the spectrum much as adults do, and a high degree of organization of the color world prior to language acquisition.

TL;DR: This paper examined covariation among specific maternal behaviors and their differential prediction of children's language comprehension across the transition to beginning speech, and found that maternal verbal sensitivity was especially influential in promoting comprehension among children who were initially lower in language comprehension, a finding that has implications for the design of intervention strategies.