Birgit Elsner
Biographic Data
| ID | 5759321 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Birgit Elsner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Birgit |
| FAMILY NAME | Elsner |
| SIGNATURE | ELSNER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Potsdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3441-2436 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Individual Differences in Infants' Speech Segmentation Performance
Caregiver‐infant coregulation is an early form of communication. This study investigated whether mother‐infant biological coregulation is associated with 9‐month‐olds’ word segmentation performance, a crucial milestone predicting language development. We hypothesized that coregulation would relate with infants' word segmentation performance. Additionally, we examined whether this relationship is influenced by the caregiving environment (i.e., par…
Stability and change of cool and hot executive functions across middle childhood and early adolescence
With the aim of unraveling the developmental dynamics of executive functions (EF), this person-oriented longitudinal study investigated the stability and change of EF across 3 years from middle childhood into early adolescence. A community sample of 1,657 school children (52% female) completed behavioral tasks measuring three cool (inhibition, working memory updating, cognitive flexibility) and two hot EF facets (affective decision making [DM], d…
Word-object and action-object learning in a unimodal context during early childhood
Word-object and action-object learning in children aged 30 to 48 months appears to develop at a similar time scale and adheres to similar attentional constraints. However, children below 36 months show different patterns of learning word-object and action-object associations when this information is presented in a bimodal context (Eiteljoerge et al., 2019b). Here, we investigated 12- and 24-month-olds’ word-object and action-object learning when …
How children come to (not) detect and apply multiple functions for objects
Better in sync
We investigated the temporal impact of multisensory settings on children's learning of word‐object and action‐object associations at 1‐ and 2‐years of age. Specifically, we examined whether the temporal alignment of words and actions influenced the acquisition of novel word‐action‐object associations. We used a preferential looking and violation of expectation task in which infants and young children were first presented with two distinct word‐ob…
The impact of goal saliency and verbal information on selective imitation in 16‐ to 18‐month‐olds
This study aimed to assess which action component (movement or goal) infants prioritize in their imitation behavior when they get information about its relevance from two important sources: perceptual goal saliency and experimenter's verbal information. 16‐ to 18‐month‐olds ( N = 72) observed how the experimenter moved a toy mouse with a hopping or sliding movement onto one of two empty spaces (low goal saliency) or 2D circles (medium saliency), …
Self-regulation as a resource for coping with developmental challenges during middle childhood and adolescence
With its broad and multimethodological approach, PIER YOUTH aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of the development and role of various SR sub-facets from middle childhood to adolescence. The large sample size and low drop-out rates in the first three measurements points form a sound database for our present prospective research. Trial registration German Clinical Trials Register, registration number DRKS00030847
The relation between executive functions and reading comprehension in primary-school students
Longitudinal relations between children's cognitive and affective theory of mind with reactive and proactive aggression
Aggression may be performed for different reasons, such as defending oneself (reactive aggression) or to reach egoistic aims (proactive aggression). It is a widely accepted notion that a lack of theory of mind (ToM) as a basic social competence should be linked to higher aggression, but findings on the developmental links between ToM and different functions of aggression have been inconsistent. One reason for this may be the failure of taking the…
Impulsive decision-making in overweight and normal weight elementary school children
Inter-individual stabilization of justice sensitivity in childhood and adolescence
The influence of hot and cool executive function on the development of eating styles related to overweight in children
Justice Sensitivity in Childhood and Adolescence
Individuals differ in their sensitivity toward injustice. Justice‐sensitive persons perceive injustice more frequently and show stronger responses to it. Justice sensitivity has been studied predominantly in adults; little is known about its development in childhood and adolescence and its connection to prosocial behavior and emotional and behavioral problems. This study evaluates a version of the justice sensitivity inventory for children and ad…
Goal certainty modulates infants’ goal-directed gaze shifts
We investigated whether 12-month-old infants rely on information about the certainty of goal selection in order to predict observed reaching actions. Infants' goal-directed gaze shifts were recorded as they observed action sequences in a multiple-goals design. We found that 12-month-old infants exhibited gaze shifts significantly earlier when the observed hand reached for the same goal object in all trials (frequent condition) compared with when …
Do I get what you get? Learning about the effects of self-performed and observed actions in infancy
Grounding the self in action
Justice Sensitivity in Childhood and Adolescence
Individuals differ in their sensitivity toward injustice. Justice‐sensitive persons perceive injustice more frequently and show stronger responses to it. Justice sensitivity has been studied predominantly in adults; little is known about its development in childhood and adolescence and its connection to prosocial behavior and emotional and behavioral problems. This study evaluates a version of the justice sensitivity inventory for children and ad…
The influence of hot and cool executive function on the development of eating styles related to overweight in children
The relation between executive functions and reading comprehension in primary-school students
Longitudinal relations between children's cognitive and affective theory of mind with reactive and proactive aggression
Aggression may be performed for different reasons, such as defending oneself (reactive aggression) or to reach egoistic aims (proactive aggression). It is a widely accepted notion that a lack of theory of mind (ToM) as a basic social competence should be linked to higher aggression, but findings on the developmental links between ToM and different functions of aggression have been inconsistent. One reason for this may be the failure of taking the…
Inter-individual stabilization of justice sensitivity in childhood and adolescence
Goal certainty modulates infants’ goal-directed gaze shifts
We investigated whether 12-month-old infants rely on information about the certainty of goal selection in order to predict observed reaching actions. Infants' goal-directed gaze shifts were recorded as they observed action sequences in a multiple-goals design. We found that 12-month-old infants exhibited gaze shifts significantly earlier when the observed hand reached for the same goal object in all trials (frequent condition) compared with when …
Do I get what you get? Learning about the effects of self-performed and observed actions in infancy
Grounding the self in action
Justice Sensitivity in Childhood and Adolescence
Individuals differ in their sensitivity toward injustice. Justice‐sensitive persons perceive injustice more frequently and show stronger responses to it. Justice sensitivity has been studied predominantly in adults; little is known about its development in childhood and adolescence and its connection to prosocial behavior and emotional and behavioral problems. This study evaluates a version of the justice sensitivity inventory for children and ad…
Goal certainty modulates infants’ goal-directed gaze shifts
We investigated whether 12-month-old infants rely on information about the certainty of goal selection in order to predict observed reaching actions. Infants' goal-directed gaze shifts were recorded as they observed action sequences in a multiple-goals design. We found that 12-month-old infants exhibited gaze shifts significantly earlier when the observed hand reached for the same goal object in all trials (frequent condition) compared with when …
The influence of hot and cool executive function on the development of eating styles related to overweight in children
Impulsive decision-making in overweight and normal weight elementary school children
Inter-individual stabilization of justice sensitivity in childhood and adolescence
Longitudinal relations between children's cognitive and affective theory of mind with reactive and proactive aggression
Aggression may be performed for different reasons, such as defending oneself (reactive aggression) or to reach egoistic aims (proactive aggression). It is a widely accepted notion that a lack of theory of mind (ToM) as a basic social competence should be linked to higher aggression, but findings on the developmental links between ToM and different functions of aggression have been inconsistent. One reason for this may be the failure of taking the…
The relation between executive functions and reading comprehension in primary-school students
Self-regulation as a resource for coping with developmental challenges during middle childhood and adolescence
With its broad and multimethodological approach, PIER YOUTH aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of the development and role of various SR sub-facets from middle childhood to adolescence. The large sample size and low drop-out rates in the first three measurements points form a sound database for our present prospective research. Trial registration German Clinical Trials Register, registration number DRKS00030847
Word-object and action-object learning in a unimodal context during early childhood
Word-object and action-object learning in children aged 30 to 48 months appears to develop at a similar time scale and adheres to similar attentional constraints. However, children below 36 months show different patterns of learning word-object and action-object associations when this information is presented in a bimodal context (Eiteljoerge et al., 2019b). Here, we investigated 12- and 24-month-olds’ word-object and action-object learning when …
How children come to (not) detect and apply multiple functions for objects
Better in sync
We investigated the temporal impact of multisensory settings on children's learning of word‐object and action‐object associations at 1‐ and 2‐years of age. Specifically, we examined whether the temporal alignment of words and actions influenced the acquisition of novel word‐action‐object associations. We used a preferential looking and violation of expectation task in which infants and young children were first presented with two distinct word‐ob…
The impact of goal saliency and verbal information on selective imitation in 16‐ to 18‐month‐olds
This study aimed to assess which action component (movement or goal) infants prioritize in their imitation behavior when they get information about its relevance from two important sources: perceptual goal saliency and experimenter's verbal information. 16‐ to 18‐month‐olds ( N = 72) observed how the experimenter moved a toy mouse with a hopping or sliding movement onto one of two empty spaces (low goal saliency) or 2D circles (medium saliency), …
Individual Differences in Infants' Speech Segmentation Performance
Caregiver‐infant coregulation is an early form of communication. This study investigated whether mother‐infant biological coregulation is associated with 9‐month‐olds’ word segmentation performance, a crucial milestone predicting language development. We hypothesized that coregulation would relate with infants' word segmentation performance. Additionally, we examined whether this relationship is influenced by the caregiving environment (i.e., par…
Stability and change of cool and hot executive functions across middle childhood and early adolescence
With the aim of unraveling the developmental dynamics of executive functions (EF), this person-oriented longitudinal study investigated the stability and change of EF across 3 years from middle childhood into early adolescence. A community sample of 1,657 school children (52% female) completed behavioral tasks measuring three cool (inhibition, working memory updating, cognitive flexibility) and two hot EF facets (affective decision making [DM], d…
Psychology (16 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Cognitive psychology (7 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (6 works) · Cognition (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (3 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (3 works)