Title |
Conditioned place preference successfully established in typically developing children
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Published in |
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, July 2015
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DOI | 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00187 |
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Authors |
Leah Ticker Hiller, Sandy Takata, Barbara L. Thompson |
Abstract |
Affective processing, known to influence attention, motivation, and emotional regulation is poorly understood in young children, especially for those with neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by language impairments. Here we faithfully adapt a well-established animal paradigm used for affective processing, conditioned place preference (CPP) for use in typically developing children between the ages of 30-55 months. Children displayed a CPP, with an average 2.4 fold increase in time spent in the preferred room. Importantly, associative learning as assessed with CPP was not correlated with scores on the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL), indicating that CPP can be used with children with a wide range of cognitive skills. |
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