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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Jul 30.
Published in final edited form as: Infant Behav Dev. 2025 Jul 30;80:102117. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102117

Table 1.

List of NIH Baby Toolbox domains and measures

Domain Subdomain Measure Age range (months) Modality Time to administer (minutes)

Cognition Language Looking While Listening 6–24 Gaze 5
Language Picture Vocabulary MacArthur-Bates >=25 Touch 3
Language Communicative Development Inventories (CDI) Computerized Adaptive Tests (CAT) Production 9–30 Caregiver Report/Observation 2
Language MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI) Computerized Adaptive Tests (CAT) Comprehension 7–18 Caregiver Report/Observation 2
Language Mullen Receptive 1–42 Caregiver Report/Observation 3
Language Mullen Expressive 1–42 Caregiver Report/Observation 3
Executive Function/Memory Mullen Visual Reception 1–42 Caregiver Report/Observation & Touch 4
Executive Function/Memory Familiarization 6–21 Gaze 4
Executive Function/Memory Visual Delayed Response 22–42 Touch 5
Executive Function/Memory Delayed Memory 22–42 Touch 4
Early Math Who Has More 25–42 Touch 3
Early Math Subitizing 25–42 Observation 1
Early Math Verbal Arithmetic 37–42 Observation 2
Early Math Counting 25–42 Observation 2
Motor Gross Motor Get Up and Go 1–42 Caregiver Report/Observation 4.5
Fine Motor Reach to Eat 1–42 Caregiver Report/Observation 5.5
Postural Control (Gross Motor, supplementary) Sit and Stand 1–42 Caregiver Report/Observation 3.5
Social-Emotional Functioning Temperament Infant Behavior Questionnaire - Revised - Very Short Form (IBQ-R-VSF) 3–12 Caregiver Report 6
Temperament Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire -Very Short Form (ECBQ-VSF) 13–36 Caregiver Report 6
Temperament Children’s Behavior Questionnaire - Very Short Form (CBQ-VSF) 37–42 Caregiver Report 6
Negative Affect PROMIS EC Parent-Report Bank v1.0 - Anger/Irritability 13–42 Caregiver Report/CAT 1
Negative Affect PROMIS EC Parent-Report Bank v1.0 - Anxiety 13–42 Caregiver Report/CAT 1
Negative Affect PROMIS EC Parent-Report Bank v1.0 - Depressive Symptoms 13–42 Caregiver Report/CAT 1
Psychological Well-Being PROMIS EC Parent-Report Bank v1.0 - Positive Affect 13–42 Caregiver Report/CAT 1
Self-Regulation PROMIS EC Parent-Report Scale v1.0 - Self-Reg - Flexibility 5a 13–42 Caregiver Report 1
Self-Regulation PROMIS EC Parent-Report Scale v1.0 - Self-Reg - Frustration Tolerance 6a 13–42 Caregiver Report 1
Social Relationships PROMIS EC Parent-Report SF v1.0 - Soc Rel - Child-Caregiver Interactions 13–42 Caregiver Report 1
Social Relationships PROMIS EC Parent-Report SF v1.0 - Soc Rel - Peer Relationships 4a 13–42 Caregiver Report 1
Social Relationships, Social Communication Caregiver Checklist 6–42 Caregiver Report 2
Social Relationships, Social Communication Social Observation 9–42 Observation 10