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Krehm, Madelaine; Onishi, Kristine H.; Vouloumanos, Athena – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2014
Do young infants understand that pointing gestures allow the pointer to change the information state of a recipient? We used a third-party experimental scenario to examine whether 9- and 11-month-olds understand that a pointer's pointing gesture can inform a recipient about a target object. When the pointer pointed to a target, infants…
Descriptors: Infants, Nonverbal Communication, Cognitive Ability, Infant Behavior
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Bolton, Patrick F.; Golding, Jean; Emond, Alan; Steer, Colin D. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: To chart the emergence of precursors and early signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autistic traits in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a prospective longitudinal cohort study of the surviving offspring of 14,541 pregnant women from southwestern England with an expected delivery date between April 1991 and…
Descriptors: Autism, Screening Tests, Pregnancy, Infants