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Arias-Trejo, Natalia; Angulo-Chavira, Armando Q.; Barrón-Martínez, Julia B. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2019
Background: Children and adults with neurotypical development employ linguistic information to predict and anticipate information. Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have weaknesses in language production and the domain of grammar but relative strengths in language comprehension and the domain of semantics. What is not clear is the extent to…
Descriptors: Verbs, Eye Movements, Down Syndrome, Children
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Van Herwegen, Jo; Ranzato, Erica; Karmiloff-Smith, Annette; Simms, Victoria – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
It has been reported that approximate number sense (ANS) task performance is impaired in individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) and Down syndrome (DS). Research with infants has suggested this impairment is caused by sticky fixation in WS and sustained attention deficits for those with DS. This study examined looking patterns of older children…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Down Syndrome, Congenital Impairments, Genetic Disorders
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Hurwitz, Sarah; Watson, Linda R. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Differences in joint attention are prominent for some children with autism and are often used as an indicator of the disorder. This study examined the joint attention competencies of young children with autism who demonstrated joint attention ability and compared them to children with developmental delays. A total of 40 children with autism and…
Descriptors: Autism, Attention, Young Children, Developmental Delays