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| Clancy B BlairSummaryAffiliation: Pennsylvania State University Country: USA Publications
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School readiness. Integrating cognition and emotion in a neurobiological conceptualization of children's functioning at school entryClancy Blair
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, S110 Henderson South, University Park, PA 16802 6504, USA
Am Psychol 57:111-27. 2002....- Age-related increases in motivation among children with mental retardation and MA- and CA-matched controlsC Blair
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA
Am J Ment Retard 106:511-24. 2001..Correlates of motivation were similar for children with mild mental retardation and typically developing children. Implications for the developmental study of children with mild mental retardation are discussed... - Relating effortful control, executive function, and false belief understanding to emerging math and literacy ability in kindergartenClancy Blair
Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802 6504, USA
Child Dev 78:647-63. 2007..Findings suggest that curricula designed to improve self-regulation skills as well as enhance early academic abilities may be most effective in helping children succeed in school... - How similar are fluid cognition and general intelligence? A developmental neuroscience perspective on fluid cognition as an aspect of human cognitive abilityClancy Blair
Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 6504, USA
Behav Brain Sci 29:109-25; discussion 125-60. 2006.... - The measurement of executive function in early childhoodClancy Blair
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Dev Neuropsychol 28:561-71. 2005 - Cortisol reactivity is positively related to executive function in preschool children attending head startClancy Blair
Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, USA
Child Dev 76:554-67. 2005..Regression analysis indicates that executive function accounted for the association between cortisol reactivity and self-regulation and letter knowledge... - Physiological and neuropsychological correlates of approach/withdrawal tendencies in preschool: further examination of the behavioral inhibition system/behavioral activation system scales for young childrenClancy Blair
Department of Human Development and Family Studies and Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 6504, USA
Dev Psychobiol 45:113-24. 2004..Directions for future research and implications of findings for the longitudinal study of temperament and personality are discussed... 
Maternal and child contributions to cortisol response to emotional arousal in young children from low-income, rural communitiesClancy Blair
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 6504, USA
Dev Psychol 44:1095-109. 2008....
Biological processes in prevention and intervention: the promotion of self-regulation as a means of preventing school failureClancy Blair
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Dev Psychopathol 20:899-911. 2008....- Physiological and neurocognitive correlates of adaptive behavior in preschool among children in Head StartClancy Blair
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802 6504, USA
Dev Neuropsychol 24:479-97. 2003..Implications are considered of findings for developmental relations between social and academic competence and adaptation to preschool among children in Head Start... - Behavioral inhibition and behavioral activation in young children: relations with self-regulation and adaptation to preschool in children attending Head StartClancy Blair
Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 6504, USA
Dev Psychobiol 42:301-11. 2003..No relations were observed between any of the BAS scales and the outcome measures. Results recommend the application of neurobiological and psychophysiological approaches to the study of children's adaptation to preschool... - Early intervention for low birth weight, preterm infants: the role of negative emotionality in the specification of effectsClancy Blair
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802 6504, USA
Dev Psychopathol 14:311-32. 2002..Results suggest the need for further attention to child temperament in early intervention research... - Maternal sensitivity is related to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis stress reactivity and regulation in response to emotion challenge in 6-month-old infantsClancy Blair
Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 110 Henderson South, University Park, PA 16802 6504, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1094:263-7. 2006..Maternal negativity was unrelated to infant cortisol. Findings highlight the need for further research on variation in early caregiving and the development of the stress response in young children... - Developmental changes in anger expression and attention focus: learning to waitPamela M Cole
Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Dev Psychol 47:1078-89. 2011.... - Individual differences in salivary cortisol: associations with common over-the-counter and prescription medication status in infants and their mothersLeah C Hibel
Behavioral Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Horm Behav 50:293-300. 2006..Recommendations are provided to steer investigators clear of these potential sources of unsystematic error variance in salivary cortisol... - Executive functions and school readiness intervention: impact, moderation, and mediation in the Head Start REDI programKaren L Bierman
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Dev Psychopathol 20:821-43. 2008.... - Factorial invariance in preventive intervention: modeling the development of intelligence in low birth weight, preterm infantsFrank R Lawrence
Methodology Center, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
Prev Sci 4:249-61. 2003..Results clearly illustrate the utility of invariance testing in modeling developmental trajectories in response to preventive intervention... - Individual differences in salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase in mothers and their infants: relation to tobacco smoke exposureDouglas A Granger
Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Dev Psychobiol 49:692-701. 2007..The findings are discussed in relation to the influence of smoking tobacco on the validity of salivary biomarkers of stress... - Executive function, approach sensitivity, and emotional decision making as influences on risk behaviors in young adultsMegan E Patrick
The Pennsylvania State University, S110 Henderson Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 30:449-62. 2008..Findings point to the complexity of relations among aspects of self-regulation and personality and provide much needed data on neuropsychological correlates of risk behaviors in a nonclinical population... - Promoting academic and social-emotional school readiness: the head start REDI programKaren L Bierman
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Psychology, 251 Moore Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Child Dev 79:1802-17. 2008..Implications are discussed for developmental models of school readiness and for early educational programs and policies... - Late-preterm birth, maternal symptomatology, and infant negativityKristin M Voegtline
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Infant Behav Dev 33:545-54. 2010..Mothers' response to late-preterm birth and partiality in the assessment of their infant's temperament is discussed... - Developmental shifts in fMRI activations during visuospatial relational reasoningPaul J Eslinger
Department of Neurology EC037, College of Medicine and Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, P O Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
Brain Cogn 69:1-10. 2009.... - Concurrent and 2-year longitudinal relations between executive function and the behavior of 1st and 2nd grade childrenNathaniel R Riggs
Prevention Research Center, State College, The Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802, USA
Child Neuropsychol 9:267-76. 2003..Implications of these findings for the prevention of behavior problems are discussed...
Research Grants
- PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ADAPTATION--CHILDREN IN HEAD STARTClancy Blair; Fiscal Year: 2002....