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Stuart, Nicole; Whitehouse, Andrew; Palermo, Romina; Bothe, Ellen; Badcock, Nicholas – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Reduced eye contact early in life may play a role in the developmental pathways that culminate in a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. However, there are contradictory theories regarding the neural mechanisms involved. According to the amygdala theory of autism, reduced eye contact results from a hypoactive amygdala that fails to flag eyes as…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Nonverbal Communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Child Development
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Angelica Alonso; S. Alexa McDorman; Rachel R. Romeo – Child Development Perspectives, 2024
It is well established that parent-child dyadic synchrony (e.g., mutual emotions, behaviors) can support development across cognitive and socioemotional domains. The advent of simultaneous two-brain "hyperscanning" (i.e., measuring the brain activity of two individuals at the same time) allows further insight into dyadic "neural…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Child Development, Nonverbal Communication
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Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth M.; Thibert, Jonelle; Grandpierre, Viviane; Johnston, J. Cyne – First Language, 2014
Baby sign language is advocated to improve children's communication development. However, the evidence to support the advantages of baby sign has been inconclusive. A systematic review was undertaken to summarize and appraise the research related to the effectiveness of symbolic gestures for typically developing, hearing infants with hearing…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Child Language, Nonverbal Communication, Infants
Thoman, Evelyn B. – 1979
The paper discusses the assessment of infant adaptive behavior and its relationship to the adaptive behavior of the mother, focusing on the discovery of disruption and asynchrony in early mother-infant interaction. The development of the earliest patterns of interaction between mother and infant is discussed, along with the relationship between…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Infant Behavior, Mothers
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Reinhartsen, Debbie B. – Infants and Young Children, 2000
Discussion of components of preverbal communicative competence in typically developing infants is related to development of children with severe physical impairment (SPI). Specifically, eye gaze, attention, and gesture are described as they relate to reciprocity, consistency, and predictability of infant-caregiver interactions. Intervention…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills
Deleau, Michel – 1983
This document reviews a number of recent studies written in French that investigate the nature of communication between 2-year-old infants and others. The review includes three parts. The first part focuses on studies aiming to constitute a behavioral catalog of the child. Characteristically, these studies offer a posteriori interpretations of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Communication Research, Definitions