Communication and sensorimotor functioning in children with autism
| Autor: | Jennifer R. Mitchell, Eileen P. Abrahamsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Object permanence
Male media_common.quotation_subject Developmental psychology Correlation Nonverbal communication Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Language Development Disorders Autistic Disorder Child media_common Communication medicine.disease Language acquisition Imitative Behavior Developmental disorder Language development Child Preschool Education Special Autism Female Psychology Imitation Psychomotor Performance Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of autism and developmental disorders. 20(1) |
| ISSN: | 0162-3257 |
| Popis: | This study examined the relationship between sensorimotor functioning and communicative intent in children with autism. Ten children with autism, four verbal and six nonverbal, served as subjects. Sensorimotor functioning was assessed on object permanence, means-end, causality, vocal and gestural imitation, the construction of objects in space and schemes for relating objects. A 2-hr communication sample was also obtained and analyzed for the number and diversity of pragmatic functions expressed. Object permanence was not significantly related to either the diversity or total number of pragmatic functions. Means-end was significantly related to both of these measures, while vocal imitation was significantly related to the total number of pragmatic functions expressed. In addition, means-end was significantly correlated with performance on the vocal and gestural imitation scales. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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