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Toddler and Preschool Child Exam
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2023
Source: Heather Collette and Jaideep Talwalkar; Yale School of Medicine The key to a successful exam of a toddler or preschool-age child is building rapport and trust between them and the provider. Toddlers, in particular, may be wary of strangers and unwilling to cooperate with the physical exam, which is expected age-appropriate behavior. In order to provide good care and create a comfortable patient experience, clinicians need to tailor their interaction to the child's developmental stage.
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Making MR Imaging Child's Play - Pediatric Neuroimaging Protocol, Guidelines and Procedure
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2009
Despite an increase in the use of structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in humans, the study of young pediatric populations remains a challenge. We present a hands-on, step-by-step video protocol including guidelines for clinicians and researchers intending to perform (f)MRI in young children.
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A Familiarization Protocol Facilitates the Participation of Children with ASD in Electrophysiological Research
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2017
Electrophysiological research is an important tool for identifying biomarkers of developmental disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), but data collection in these populations remains challenging. This work presents a familiarization protocol to accompany research that includes electroencephalography (EEG) to improve the likelihood of collecting EEG data from children with ASD.
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Pension Participant Behavior
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2026
In behavioral finance, pension participant behavior refers to the psychological influences shaping individuals' retirement savings decisions. These behaviors can significantly impact long-term financial security and are often driven by cognitive biases and decision-making heuristics.Status Quo Bias in Pension DecisionsOne of pension participation's most prevalent behavioral tendencies is the status quo bias. This cognitive bias leads individuals to prefer existing conditions over making active...
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Participants in the Business Buying Process
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2025
In an organization, purchasing decisions involve several roles that contribute to selecting and acquiring products or services. Understanding the dynamics of these roles can shed light on how decisions are made and who influences these choices. Users are the members who will directly interact with the product or service. Their input is essential in identifying specific needs and helping to define technical and functional specifications. For instance, in a manufacturing company, the production...
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Age helps researchers interpret behavioral responses within developmental differences rather than treating all children as equivalent. Tasks and questions must match the child’s level of understanding so that performance reflects learning, emotion, social interaction, or decision-making instead of confusion about the procedure. This approach supports clearer comparisons across childhood and improves the relevance of developmental findings.
Parental consent and child assent address participation at two complementary levels. A parent or guardian provides formal permission, while the child’s assent recognizes the child’s willingness to take part. Including both helps researchers conduct studies ethically and respectfully, particularly when tasks involve observation, interviews, or responses that may reveal information about the child’s behavior or emotional experience.
Age-appropriate tasks make it more likely that children can understand the instructions and respond under the conditions intended by the study. Researchers can then examine behavior related to learning, emotion, social interaction, or decision-making with less risk that task difficulty will obscure the phenomenon being measured. Matching tasks to participants also supports more reliable developmental comparisons.
Structured observations record responses during defined study conditions, whereas caregiver reports provide information about behavior described by someone who knows the child. Interviews offer another way to examine participants’ responses or experiences. Using these approaches allows researchers to select a measurement strategy suited to the research question and to distinguish behavior shown during a study from reported behavior.
Researchers first design tasks, observations, interviews, or reports that suit the children’s developmental levels and the study’s behavioral question. They then establish defined conditions for measuring responses, obtain parental consent, and seek the child’s assent before participation. Careful design and consistent measurement help protect participants while producing evidence that can be interpreted across relevant developmental differences.
Studies can clarify how learning, emotion, social interaction, decision-making, and developmental differences appear across childhood. Findings may support education, clinical assessment, mental health interventions, and policies intended to promote children’s well-being. In behavior research, the value of these outcomes depends on measuring responses carefully and protecting participants throughout the study process.