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measure Length, weight, head circumference
Study: YOUth Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Anthropometrics/Body measures Available measurements: Baby and Child 3 years 6 years
Child and Adolescent 9 years 12 yearsThe body measures height, head circumference, and weight were measured by the experimenter in centimeters and kilos respectively. Participants were asked to take off any shoes and large vests and sweaters that could affect these measures.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Buccal swab
Study: YOUth Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Biological sample/measurement Available measurements: Baby and Child 20 weeks 5 months 10 months 3 years 6 years
Child and Adolescent 9 years 12 yearsBuccal swabs are collections of buccal cell scrapings obtained by rubbing buds along the inside of the mouth.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Theory of Mind (TOM) scales
Study: YOUth Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Baby and Child 6 yearsThe internationally widely used Theory of Mind Scale (ToM Scale; Wellman & Liu, 2004) is a measure of social competence that assesses the ability of young children to attribute mental states (e.g. beliefs, goals, desires, emotions) to other people, and to understand and predict their behavior as a function of those states. The ToM Scale consists of...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Infant Face Popout
Study: YOUth Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Eyetracking Available measurements: Baby and Child 5 months 10 months 3 years 6 yearsInfant Face Popout is a shortened version of the face-pop out experiment (Gliga et al, 2009 Exp1; Elsabbagh et al., 2013), a free viewing experiment in which children are presented with multiple five-item arrays (always: 1. Human face; 2. Car; 3. Mobile phone; 4. Bird; 5; Face-shaped noise figure). It tests whether children automatically orient to faces...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure EEG Coherence
Study: YOUth Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests EEG Available measurements: Baby and Child 5 months 10 months 3 years 6 yearsIn the EEG Cohorence task, young children passively watch 60-second video clips depicting singing women (created by Sabine Hunnius and colleagues) or moving toys (used earlier by Jones et al., 2015) while Electrocardiography (EEG) is measured. The task lasts approximately 6 minutes, where both sets of videos last 60 seconds.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Infant Stop Signal Anticipation Task
Study: YOUth Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Baby and Child 6 yearsThe Stop Signal Anticipation task is adopted from Zandbelt and Vink (Vink et al., 2014, Zandbelt et al., 2008) and is also used as MRI task in the YOUth Child and Adolescent cohort. The Stop Signal Anticipation task measures response inhibition, which is considered an important aspect of behavioral control. In the task, children are instructed to stop a...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure EEG Face Emotion
Study: YOUth Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests EEG Available measurements: Baby and Child 10 months 3 years 6 yearsThe EEG Face Emotion task aims understand how the developing brain differentially responds to viewing faces with different facial expressions (happy and fear). In the task, young children (from 10 months onwards) passively watch pictures of happy or fearful faces while their Electrocardiography (EEG) is measured. Note that the same faces, but with neutral...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Peabody Picture Vocabulary Task (PPVT-III-NL)
Study: YOUth Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Baby and Child 3 years 6 years
Child and Adolescent 9 years 12 yearsThe Peabody-Picture vocabulary task (PPVT; Dunn and Dunn, 1981) is a widely used task to evaluate a participant’s vocabulary size for their age, and serves as a proxy of general language performance. It is normed for participants between 2 and 90 years old. On each trial, participants see an array of four pictures and hear a word that matches one of these...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024