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Kelly, Michelle P.; Leader, Geraldine; Reed, Phil – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
The current experiment investigated the extent to which three variables (autism severity, nonverbal intellectual functioning, and verbal intellectual functioning) are associated with over-selective responding in a group of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This paper also analyzed the association of these three variables with the recovery of…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Stimuli
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Sweeny, Timothy D.; Wurnitsch, Nicole; Gopnik, Alison; Whitney, David – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Watch any crowded intersection, and you will see how adept people are at reading the subtle movements of one another. While adults can readily discriminate small differences in the direction of a moving person, it is unclear if this sensitivity is in place early in development. Here, we present evidence that 4-year-old children are sensitive to…
Descriptors: Young Children, Physical Activities, Physical Mobility, Child Development