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Li-Chih Wang; Mei-Chih Cheng; Hung-Ju Tsai – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2025
This study investigates facial recognition and the role of theory of mind in Chinese children with dyslexia, addressing a significant gap in research on nonalphabetic dyslexia. Participants were 174 children (85 with dyslexia, 89 typically developing) in Grades 4-6 in Taiwan. Facial recognition, theory of mind, and visual perception were assessed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theory of Mind, Dyslexia, Grade 4
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Tsang, Vicky – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
The eye-tracking experiment was carried out to assess fixation duration and scan paths that individuals with and without high-functioning autism spectrum disorders employed when identifying simple and complex emotions. Participants viewed human photos of facial expressions and decided on the identification of emotion, the negative-positive emotion…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Emotional Response, Nonverbal Communication, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Asano, Daiki; Morioka, Shu – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Children with developmental disorders often have poor motor performance. This study aimed to address the association between tactile localization ability, an indicator of body image, and motor function in children with motor deficits. Eighteen children with motor deficits participated, and their upper and lower limbs were assessed. To assess the…
Descriptors: Children, Psychomotor Skills, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Human Body
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Kumari, Vijaya S. N.; Umashree, D. K. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2017
Anthropocentrism and ecocentrism are two ways of understanding an extension of ethics to nature. In an anthropocentric ethic, nature deserves moral consideration because how nature is treated affects humans. In an ecocentric ethic, nature deserves moral consideration because nature has intrinsic value. Ecocentrism focuses on the biotic community…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Lecture Method, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students
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Cleary, Laura; Brady, Nuala; Fitzgerald, Michael; Gallagher, Louise – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Impaired face perception in autism spectrum disorders is thought to reflect a perceptual style characterized by componential rather than configural processing of faces. This study investigated face processing in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders using the Thatcher illusion, a perceptual phenomenon exhibiting "inversion effects"…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Human Body, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders