Gina M Mason

• Early childhood naps initiate emotional memory processing in preparation for enhanced overnight consolidation

  Open Access•Olivia Hanron, Gina M Mason et al.•ARTICLE•Child Development•2023

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  Early childhood naps support emotional memory, but benefits are only observed after overnight sleep. Whether emotional memory consolidation occurs during naps, or whether napping only prepares memories for overnight consolidation is unknown. We investigated whether naps protect emotional memories from interference, indicating consolidation. Between 2018 and 2020, 63 children in western Massachusetts preschools (30 female, 33 male; 33–67 months; 2…

• The Role of Dyadic Coordination in Organizing Visual Attention in 5‐Month‐Old Infants

  Open Access•Gina M Mason, Fiona Kirkpatrick et al.•ARTICLE•Infancy•2019

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  In human infants, the ability to share attention with others is facilitated by increases in attentional selectivity and focus. Differences in early attention have been associated with socio‐cognitive outcomes including language, yet the social mechanisms of attention organization in early infancy have only recently been considered. Here, we examined how social coordination between 5‐month‐old infants and caregivers relate to differences in infant…

• The Role of Dyadic Coordination in Organizing Visual Attention in 5‐Month‐Old Infants

  Open Access•Gina M Mason, Fiona Kirkpatrick et al.•ARTICLE•Infancy•2019

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  In human infants, the ability to share attention with others is facilitated by increases in attentional selectivity and focus. Differences in early attention have been associated with socio‐cognitive outcomes including language, yet the social mechanisms of attention organization in early infancy have only recently been considered. Here, we examined how social coordination between 5‐month‐old infants and caregivers relate to differences in infant…

• Early childhood naps initiate emotional memory processing in preparation for enhanced overnight consolidation

  Open Access•Olivia Hanron, Gina M Mason et al.•ARTICLE•Child Development•2023

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  Early childhood naps support emotional memory, but benefits are only observed after overnight sleep. Whether emotional memory consolidation occurs during naps, or whether napping only prepares memories for overnight consolidation is unknown. We investigated whether naps protect emotional memories from interference, indicating consolidation. Between 2018 and 2020, 63 children in western Massachusetts preschools (30 female, 33 male; 33–67 months; 2…

Cognitive psychology (2 obras) · Developmental psychology (2 obras) · Psychology (2 obras) · Attention span (1 obra) · Autism (1 obra) · Child and Animal Learning Development (1 obra) · Cognition (1 obra) · Communication (1 obra) · Consolidation (business) (1 obra) · Early Childhood Education and Development (1 obra)