Child Development

"Child Development" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The continuous sequential physiological and psychological maturing of an individual from birth up to but not including ADOLESCENCE.

Descriptor ID	D002657
MeSH Number(s)	F01.525.200 G07.345.374.750
Concept/Terms	Child Development Child Development Development, Child Infant Development Infant Development Development, Infant

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Child Development".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Human Development [F01.525]
Child Development [F01.525.200]
Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Growth and Development [G07.345]
Human Development [G07.345.374]
Child Development [G07.345.374.750]

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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Child Development".

Child Development
Language Development

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Child Development" by people in this website by year, and whether "Child Development" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 82 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	0	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2006	1	1	2
2009	3	0	3
2010	1	1	2
2011	2	1	3
2012	3	1	4
2013	2	2	4
2014	5	0	5
2015	3	3	6
2016	4	1	5
2017	7	2	9
2018	6	2	8
2019	3	0	3
2020	2	2	4
2021	2	1	3
2022	2	0	2
2023	0	2	2
2024	3	1	4
2025	5	1	6
2026	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Child Development" by people in Profiles.

Hooper SR, Joseph RM, O Shea TM, Kuban KCK, Singh R, Frazier JA, Taylor G, Tan X, Fry RC, Santos HP. Early predictors of cognitive trajectories from birth to adolescence in children born extremely preterm. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2026 Nov; 68(11):1551-1560.

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Lauer JM, Odom AR, Rani A, Story G, Chembe M, Henderson S, Parkerson D, Fink G, Rockers PC, Sela DA, Locks LM. Breastfeeding, the Gut Microbiome, and Growth among Infants in Lusaka, Zambia. J Nutr. 2025 12; 155(12):4253-4263.

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Sandre A, Troller-Renfree SV, Amarante M, Dettmer AM, Meyer JS, Noble KG. Age-related patterns of resting EEG power in infancy: Associations with prenatal socioeconomic disadvantage. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2025 Dec; 76:101611.

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Herman RJ, Barcala-Delgado DI, Rowley CA, Craft AL, Pruett MK, Byatt N, Perry-Jenkins M. Partner-inclusive prenatal intervention to promote parenting readiness: Results from a pilot trial. Infant Ment Health J. 2025 Nov; 46(6):633-652.

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Gaudette LM, Swift AM, Horger MN, Holmes JF, Spencer RMC. Pediatric sleep electrophysiology: Using polysomnography in developmental cognitive neuroscience. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2025 Jun; 73:101562.

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Guyol GG, Cordova-Ramos EG, Elansary M, Heeren TC, Litt JS, Parker MG. Child, Parent, and Contextual Correlates of School Readiness Among Children With Low Birth Weight. Acad Pediatr. 2025 08; 25(6):102808.

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Wu SS, Pan H, Sheldrick RC, Shao J, Liu XM, Zheng SS, Soares SMP, Zhang L, Sun J, Xu P, Chen SH, Sun T, Pang JW, Wu N, Feng YC, Chen NR, Zhang YT, Jiang F. Development and validation of the Parent-Reported Indicator of Developmental Evaluation for Chinese Children (PRIDE) tool. World J Pediatr. 2025 02; 21(2):183-191.

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Rancaño KM, Curtin C, Must A, Bandini LG. Does food selectivity drive differences in dietary resemblance between children with intellectual disabilities and typical development? Appetite. 2025 01 01; 204:107744.

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Shin JY, McMahon TJ, Penner F, Lowell A. Maternal childhood trauma, caregiving behavior, and child cognitive development in the context of drug addiction. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2025; 95(5):483-496.

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Singh LJ, Floyd RG, Reynolds MR, Pike NM, Huenergarde MC. What does the Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment-II (NEPSY-II) measure in children ages 7 to 12? A structural and psychometric analysis. Child Neuropsychol. 2025 02; 31(2):197-228.

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