From Australia to the Arctic, human groups engage in synchronous behaviour during
communal rituals. Because ritualistic synchrony is widespread, many argue that it is …

As a culturally universal set of cognitive skills that promote goal‐directed behaviors,
executive functions (EFs) support milestones of early childhood development, such as …

We replicated and extended Shoda, Mischel, and Peake's (1990) famous marshmallow
study, which showed strong bivariate correlations between a child's ability to delay …

A radical exploration of how rituals have influenced history over thousands of years. From
infancy, we copy those around us in order to be like others, to be one with the tribe. Other …

Long-standing social problems such as poor achievement, personal and intergroup conflict,
bad health, and unhappiness can seem like permanent features of the social landscape. We …

Executive function is foundational for cognitive development. Previous research has shown
both gross motor skills and physical activity to be related to executive function. However …

Develo** Thinking and Understanding in Young Children presents a comprehensive and
accessible overview of contemporary theory and research about young children's …

This study extends the analytic approach conducted by Watts et al.(2018) to examine the
long‐term predictive validity of delay of gratification. Participants (n= 702; 83% White, 46 …

Around the world, children play. Does play support development? If so, how? One popular
idea is that play fosters the development of higher-order cognitive abilities, such as …

Can moments of viral media activity transform into enduring activist movements? The killing
of Cecil the lion by a trophy hunter in Zimbabwe in 2015 attracted global attention and …