Does anyone know of some good articles for how playing with toys influences neurodevelopment?

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Bhogaraju Anand

hi,

Here are a few articles which i could lay my hands on:

Shaheen S. How child's play impacts executive function--related behaviors. Appl Neuropsychol Child. 2014;3(3):182-7. doi: 10.1080/21622965.2013.839612. PMID: 25010084.

Kather C, Shofer FS, Park JI, Bogen D, Pierce SR, Kording K, Nilan KA, Zhang H, Prosser LA, Johnson MJ. Quantifying interaction with robotic toys in pre-term and full-term infants. Front Pediatr. 2023 Oct 19;11:1153841. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1153841. PMID: 37928351; PMCID: PMC10622661.

Ramanathan V, Ariffin MZ, Goh GD, Goh GL, Rikat MA, Tan XX, Yeong WY, Ortega JP, Leong V, Campolo D. The Design and Development of Instrumented Toys for the Assessment of Infant Cognitive Flexibility. Sensors (Basel). 2023 Mar 1;23(5):2709. doi: 10.3390/s23052709. PMID: 36904916; PMCID: PMC10007088.

Sgandurra G, Beani E, Giampietri M, Rizzi R, Cioni G; CareToy-R Consortium. Early intervention at home in infants with congenital brain lesion with CareToy revised: a RCT protocol. BMC Pediatr. 2018 Sep 5;18(1):295. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1264-y. PMID: 30185165; PMCID: PMC6126039.

Fu KW, Ho FKW, Rao N, Jiang F, Li SL, Lee TM, Chan SH, Yung AW, Young ME, Ip P. Parental restriction reduces the harmful effects of in-bedroom electronic devices. Arch Dis Child. 2017 Dec;102(12):1125-1131. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-312639. Epub 2017 Jun 29. PMID: 28663350.

Maxim Likhanov

If it comes to influences of toys, I would recommend the following meta-analysis. In it the authors analysed effects of different interventions aiming to develop spatial ability, including puzzles, LEGOs, Rubic's cube, etc., showing some positive effects from them.

Article The Malleability of Spatial Skills: A Meta-Analysis of Train...