Can measures of infant information processing predict later intellectual ability?

Abstract

(From the chapter) Surveys the current state of research that had shown that there was no relationship between infant behavior or test scores and mental performance in early (or later) childhood. It is concluded that a greater number of reliable measures of infant cognitive performance are needed before a useful test of infant mental or cognitive development will emerge. The following topics are addressed: problems with standardized infant tests, visual information processing, psychometric considerations, predictive validity of visual information processing, failures to replicate and the 0.05 syndrome, predictors other than visual information processing, practical implications, theoretical implications, continuity and change, and social and cultural influences on IQ. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA )