Empirical studies are incompatible with the proposal that neonatal imitation is arousal driven or... more Empirical studies are incompatible with the proposal that neonatal imitation is arousal driven or declining with age. Nonhuman primate studies reveal a functioning brain mirror system from birth, developmental continuity in imitation and later sociability, and the malleability of neonatal imitation, shaped by the early environment. A narrow focus on arousal effects and reflexes may grossly underestimate neonatal capacities.
Hit Teknologi Til Undervisning Og Kommunikation, 1996
Multimedieprogrammet DeltaMessages vaerdi i laeseundervisningen af born med autisme, multihandica... more Multimedieprogrammet DeltaMessages vaerdi i laeseundervisningen af born med autisme, multihandicap, horenedsaettelse og DAMP/dysleksi
Kan interaktiva dataprogram stimulera sprak- och kommunikation hos barn med autism eller begavnin... more Kan interaktiva dataprogram stimulera sprak- och kommunikation hos barn med autism eller begavningshandikapp
European Society For Developmental Psychology 21 25 August Jena Germany, 2007
The present study investigates pretend play in a group of children with autism, commonly reported... more The present study investigates pretend play in a group of children with autism, commonly reported as restricted in autism, and its relation to language and cognition compared to a group with typical development. Twenty children with autism spectrum disorder (DSM-IV) participated (chronological age = 5:7 years, language age = 2:6 years and mental age = 3:9 years) matched on language and mental age to a group of typically developing children (N= 23). The frequency of the child’s spontaneous pretend play was measured in an eight-minute parent-child free play observation. Eleven children with autism (55%) did not show any pretend play during the observation and had a lower language age compared to the nine children with autism that actually displayed some pretend play (t = -3.03, p < .01) but the two groups did not differ on mental age (t = -1.18, ns). In the group of children with typical development, six children showed no pretend play. This group had a non-significant lower language age compared to the seventeen children that displayed pretend play, but the two groups differed on mental age (t = -2.20, p < .05). Almost half of the children with autism in this study engaged in spontaneous pretend play showing that pretend play is not absent in autism. The results further suggest that language level, but not mental level, is related to the child’s engagement in pretend play for children with autism, while mental level had a stronger relation to pretend play for the typically developing children.
Long-term declarative memory performance in 14-15 month infants predicts the strength of neural r... more Long-term declarative memory performance in 14-15 month infants predicts the strength of neural response during associative learning
Empirical studies are incompatible with the proposal that neonatal imitation is arousal driven or... more Empirical studies are incompatible with the proposal that neonatal imitation is arousal driven or declining with age. Nonhuman primate studies reveal a functioning brain mirror system from birth, developmental continuity in imitation and later sociability, and the malleability of neonatal imitation, shaped by the early environment. A narrow focus on arousal effects and reflexes may grossly underestimate neonatal capacities.
Hit Teknologi Til Undervisning Og Kommunikation, 1996
Multimedieprogrammet DeltaMessages vaerdi i laeseundervisningen af born med autisme, multihandica... more Multimedieprogrammet DeltaMessages vaerdi i laeseundervisningen af born med autisme, multihandicap, horenedsaettelse og DAMP/dysleksi
Kan interaktiva dataprogram stimulera sprak- och kommunikation hos barn med autism eller begavnin... more Kan interaktiva dataprogram stimulera sprak- och kommunikation hos barn med autism eller begavningshandikapp
European Society For Developmental Psychology 21 25 August Jena Germany, 2007
The present study investigates pretend play in a group of children with autism, commonly reported... more The present study investigates pretend play in a group of children with autism, commonly reported as restricted in autism, and its relation to language and cognition compared to a group with typical development. Twenty children with autism spectrum disorder (DSM-IV) participated (chronological age = 5:7 years, language age = 2:6 years and mental age = 3:9 years) matched on language and mental age to a group of typically developing children (N= 23). The frequency of the child’s spontaneous pretend play was measured in an eight-minute parent-child free play observation. Eleven children with autism (55%) did not show any pretend play during the observation and had a lower language age compared to the nine children with autism that actually displayed some pretend play (t = -3.03, p < .01) but the two groups did not differ on mental age (t = -1.18, ns). In the group of children with typical development, six children showed no pretend play. This group had a non-significant lower language age compared to the seventeen children that displayed pretend play, but the two groups differed on mental age (t = -2.20, p < .05). Almost half of the children with autism in this study engaged in spontaneous pretend play showing that pretend play is not absent in autism. The results further suggest that language level, but not mental level, is related to the child’s engagement in pretend play for children with autism, while mental level had a stronger relation to pretend play for the typically developing children.
Long-term declarative memory performance in 14-15 month infants predicts the strength of neural r... more Long-term declarative memory performance in 14-15 month infants predicts the strength of neural response during associative learning
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