Linda Forssman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1464100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Forssman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda |
| FAMILY NAME | Forssman |
| SIGNATURE | FORSSMAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0208-4212 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Factor structure of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale – Third Edition and its association with structural quality in Swedish preschools
The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (ECERS-3), is widely used to assess preschool quality. However, concerns remain about its scoring structure, usage in different cultural contexts, and associations with structural quality indicators. This study explored the factor structure of the ECERS-3 and its relationship with teacher education, child-to-adult ratio, group size, and preschool size in 71 Swedish municipal preschools. …
Development of the N400 in infancy
In this longitudinal EEG study, we examined the developmental trajectory of the N400 component using a word-picture mismatch-paradigm in 18 infants at 10 and 12 months of age. Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded and analyzed in three consecutive time windows (400-600 ms, 600-800 ms, 800-1000 ms post-stimulus). At 10 months, a significant N400-like effect occurred (400-600 ms) but diminished by 12 months, potentially due to developmental…
Developmental Relationships Between Early Vocabulary Acquisition, Joint Attention and Parental Supportive Behaviors
In late infancy and early toddlerhood, joint attention ability is widely recognized as a crucial foundation for children's vocabulary development, though the exact nature of its contribution remains debated. This study investigates associations between joint attention and subsequent vocabulary development, as well as the possible moderating role of supportive parental behaviors. Seventy children and their families participated in this longitudina…
Gazing Into Language Development: Exploring Individual Variability in Early Word Recognition in Infancy Through Eye‐Tracking
Previous research suggests that early word recognition is an important foundation for subsequent vocabulary development. However, the optimal method for assessing this ability in infancy remains unclear. To investigate this issue, we collected data from 70 participants (45.7% female) at 10, 11.5, 18 and 24 months of age using two eye‐tracking based tasks—the preferential looking‐ and mismatch paradigms—as well as parental reports on a short form …
Statistical learning in infancy predicts vocabulary size in toddlerhood
During the first 2 years of life, an infant's vocabulary grows at an impressive rate. In the current study, we investigated the impact of three challenges that infants need to overcome to learn new words and expand the size of their vocabulary. We used longitudinal eye‐tracking data ( n = 118) to assess sequence learning, associative learning, and probability processing abilities at ages 6, 10, and 18 months. Infants' ability to efficiently solve…
Saccadic reaction times in infants and adults: Spatiotemporal factors, gender, and interlaboratory variation
Saccade latency is widely used across infant psychology to investigate infants' understanding of events. Interpreting particular latency values requires knowledge of standard saccadic RTs, but there is no consensus as to typical values. This study provides standard estimates of infants' (n = 194, ages 9 to 15 months) saccadic RTs under a range of different spatiotemporal conditions. To investigate the reliability of such standard estimates, data …
Robustness and Precision: How Data Quality May Influence Key Dependent Variables in Infant Eye‐Tracker Analyses
In recent years, eye‐tracking has become a popular method for drawing conclusions about infant cognition. Relatively little attention has been paid, however, to methodological issues associated with infant eye‐tracking. Here, we consider the possibility that systematic differences in the quality of raw eye‐tracking data obtained from different populations and individuals might create the impression of differences in gaze behavior, without this ac…
The Emergence and Stability of the Attentional Bias to Fearful Faces in Infancy
Several studies have shown that at 7 months of age, infants display an attentional bias toward fearful facial expressions. In this study, we analyzed visual attention and heart rate data from a cross‐sectional study with 5‐, 7‐, 9‐, and 11‐month‐old infants (Experiment 1) and visual attention from a longitudinal study with 5‐ and 7‐month‐old infants (Experiment 2) to examine the emergence and stability of the attentional bias to fearful facial ex…
Attention demands influence 10- and 12-month-old infants' perseverative behavior
The present study examined the role of attentional demand on infants' perseverative behavior in a noncommunicative looking version of an A-not-B task. The research aimed at clarifying age-related improvements in the attention process that presumably underlies the development of cognitive control. In a between-subjects design, forty 10-month-olds and forty 12-month-olds were assigned to either a distractor or a no-distractor condition as a means o…
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Attention demands influence 10- and 12-month-old infants' perseverative behavior
The present study examined the role of attentional demand on infants' perseverative behavior in a noncommunicative looking version of an A-not-B task. The research aimed at clarifying age-related improvements in the attention process that presumably underlies the development of cognitive control. In a between-subjects design, forty 10-month-olds and forty 12-month-olds were assigned to either a distractor or a no-distractor condition as a means o…
The Emergence and Stability of the Attentional Bias to Fearful Faces in Infancy
Several studies have shown that at 7 months of age, infants display an attentional bias toward fearful facial expressions. In this study, we analyzed visual attention and heart rate data from a cross‐sectional study with 5‐, 7‐, 9‐, and 11‐month‐old infants (Experiment 1) and visual attention from a longitudinal study with 5‐ and 7‐month‐old infants (Experiment 2) to examine the emergence and stability of the attentional bias to fearful facial ex…
Robustness and Precision: How Data Quality May Influence Key Dependent Variables in Infant Eye‐Tracker Analyses
In recent years, eye‐tracking has become a popular method for drawing conclusions about infant cognition. Relatively little attention has been paid, however, to methodological issues associated with infant eye‐tracking. Here, we consider the possibility that systematic differences in the quality of raw eye‐tracking data obtained from different populations and individuals might create the impression of differences in gaze behavior, without this ac…
Saccadic reaction times in infants and adults: Spatiotemporal factors, gender, and interlaboratory variation
Saccade latency is widely used across infant psychology to investigate infants' understanding of events. Interpreting particular latency values requires knowledge of standard saccadic RTs, but there is no consensus as to typical values. This study provides standard estimates of infants' (n = 194, ages 9 to 15 months) saccadic RTs under a range of different spatiotemporal conditions. To investigate the reliability of such standard estimates, data …
Statistical learning in infancy predicts vocabulary size in toddlerhood
During the first 2 years of life, an infant's vocabulary grows at an impressive rate. In the current study, we investigated the impact of three challenges that infants need to overcome to learn new words and expand the size of their vocabulary. We used longitudinal eye‐tracking data ( n = 118) to assess sequence learning, associative learning, and probability processing abilities at ages 6, 10, and 18 months. Infants' ability to efficiently solve…
Developmental Relationships Between Early Vocabulary Acquisition, Joint Attention and Parental Supportive Behaviors
In late infancy and early toddlerhood, joint attention ability is widely recognized as a crucial foundation for children's vocabulary development, though the exact nature of its contribution remains debated. This study investigates associations between joint attention and subsequent vocabulary development, as well as the possible moderating role of supportive parental behaviors. Seventy children and their families participated in this longitudina…
Gazing Into Language Development: Exploring Individual Variability in Early Word Recognition in Infancy Through Eye‐Tracking
Previous research suggests that early word recognition is an important foundation for subsequent vocabulary development. However, the optimal method for assessing this ability in infancy remains unclear. To investigate this issue, we collected data from 70 participants (45.7% female) at 10, 11.5, 18 and 24 months of age using two eye‐tracking based tasks—the preferential looking‐ and mismatch paradigms—as well as parental reports on a short form …
Factor structure of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale – Third Edition and its association with structural quality in Swedish preschools
The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (ECERS-3), is widely used to assess preschool quality. However, concerns remain about its scoring structure, usage in different cultural contexts, and associations with structural quality indicators. This study explored the factor structure of the ECERS-3 and its relationship with teacher education, child-to-adult ratio, group size, and preschool size in 71 Swedish municipal preschools. …
Development of the N400 in infancy
In this longitudinal EEG study, we examined the developmental trajectory of the N400 component using a word-picture mismatch-paradigm in 18 infants at 10 and 12 months of age. Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded and analyzed in three consecutive time windows (400-600 ms, 600-800 ms, 800-1000 ms post-stimulus). At 10 months, a significant N400-like effect occurred (400-600 ms) but diminished by 12 months, potentially due to developmental…
Psychology (7 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Language Development and Disorders (3 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (3 works) · Vocabulary (3 works)