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Reciprocal Imitation Following Adult Imitation by Children with Autism
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Field, Tiffany; Ezell, Shauna; Nadel, Jacqueline; Grace, Ava; Allender, Susan; Siddalingappa, Vijaya – Infant and Child Development, 2013
This study examined the effects of adult imitation and adult playfulness on the imitation, social attention and initiation of new behaviours by non-verbal preschoolers with autism. Videotapes taken from a previous study were recoded for the adult's imitation and playful behaviour and the children's imitation, social attention (looking at…
Descriptors: Imitation, Adults, Social Behavior, Attention
Associations between Temperament and Social Responsiveness in Young Children
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Salley, Brenda; Miller, Angela; Bell, Martha Ann – Infant and Child Development, 2013
Recent research has demonstrated that social responsiveness (comprised of social awareness, social information processing, reciprocal social communication, social motivation, and repetitive/restricted interests) is continuously distributed within the general population. In the present study, we consider temperament as a co-occurring source of…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Age Differences, Young Children, Individual Differences
Changes and Challenges in 20 Years of Research into the Development of Executive Functions
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Hughes, Claire – Infant and Child Development, 2011
This review of 20 years of developmental research on Executive Functions (EF) offers a broad-brushstroke picture that touches on multiple issues including: (i) findings from typical and atypical groups, from infancy to adolescence; (ii) advances in assessment tools and in statistical analysis; (iii) the interplay between EF and other cognitive…
Descriptors: Research, Child Development, Executive Function, Individual Differences