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Peer reviewedSchneider, Elaine Fogel – Infants and Young Children, 1996
The potential benefits of massage for infants are discussed, including the role of touch on attachment and bonding and implications of massage for special needs infants. Research results on the benefits of massage for the infant and caregiver are covered, including increased bonding and enhanced growth and development. Historical information on…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development
King, Alison – 1981
In response to a growing interest among educators in improving aesthetic education, this paper explores aesthetic response, defined as what happens in the mind and body of a person who encounters an aesthetic object or phenomenon. An initial section overviews the major theories of aesthetic response, including the work of Plato, Aristotle, Freud,…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Affective Behavior, Art Education
Brice, Carol H. – 1983
Parent/infant bonding is discussed in this study review. Bonding is defined prior to a discussion of research that places the concept in historical perspective. The discussion of research since 1950 focuses on Bowlby, Klaus and Kennell, Helfer, Mahler and Rheingold, and Brazelton. Attention is given to the capacities of the newborn, child abuse,…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Biological Influences, Child Abuse, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedGillam, Ronald B.; Hoffman, LaVae M.; Marler, Jeffrey A.; Wynn-Dancy, M. Lorraine – Topics in Language Disorders, 2002
This article explores evidence related to the idea that children with language impairments present co-occurring limitations in data-driven and conceptually driven processing. It concludes that together, these limitations contribute to a heightened sensitivity to increasing task demands in children with language impairments. Assessment and…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Auditory Perception, Children, Cognitive Processes
Download full textBlachowicz, Camille L. Z. – 1982
The movement away from a stimulus-response to a constructive view of memory and reading comprehension has had an impact on both reading research and teaching. Viewing memory as not simply the recollection of sensory data, but as the complex interaction of the sensory experience with its immediate context and the perceiver's previous knowledge,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Aptitude, Learning Theories, Memory
Miles, Barbara – 1998
This paper examines the importance of hands for the person who is deafblind, reviews hand development, and identifies specific teaching skills that facilitate hand development and expressiveness in persons who are deafblind. It notes that the hands of a deafblind individual serve not only as tools but also as sense organs (to compensate for their…
Descriptors: Children, Deaf Blind, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language
Miles, Barbara – 2001
This paper examines the importance of hands for the person who is deafblind, reviews hand development, and identifies specific teaching skills that facilitate hand development and expressiveness in persons who are deafblind. It notes that the hands of a deafblind individual serve not only as tools but also as sense organs (to compensate for their…
Descriptors: Children, Deaf Blind, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language
Peer reviewedSinatra, Richard – Educational Leadership, 1983
Brain research indicates that sensory-motor experiences during childrens' preschool and early school years may be the foundation for later language development. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages
Direct linkRogers, Sally J.; Ozonoff, Sally – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Unusual responses to sensory stimuli are seen in many children with autism. Their presence was highlighted both in early accounts of autism and in more recent first-person descriptions. There is a widespread belief that sensory symptoms characterize autism and differentiate it from other disorders. This paper examines the empirical…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Investigations, Autism, Search Engines
McCormick, Deborah J.; Plugge, Carol D. – 1997
All persons are born and blessed with a creative nature, and are all artists of their own lives. By the time individuals reach adulthood, however, most of them have lost touch with their creativity, believing only "others" are "artists." Awareness of and regular use of the creative aspect of their being makes substantial…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Art Expression, Coping, Creative Activities
Peer reviewedEhrman, Madeline – American Journal of Distance Education, 1990
Describes various models of learning styles and speculates on their applicability to distance education practice and research. Topic discussed include field dependence and independence; the Kolb Model; hemisphericity; sensory preferences; the Jungian approach; Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI); and psychological factors including age, sex…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style
Peer reviewedCheatham, Susan Klug; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1995
The concept of savant syndrome, encompassing those individuals historically known as "idiot savants," is reviewed. Case studies demonstrating special abilities in the areas of calendar calculating, musical ability, artistic talent, memorization, mathematical skills, mechanical achievement, and fine sensory discrimination are discussed,…
Descriptors: Ability, Art, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSwanson, H. Lee – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
The article provides an overview of a special topical issue on information processing as it relates to learning disabilities. Components of information processing theory are described, a model of information processing is presented, and subsequent articles in the special issue are summarized. (JW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Sharma, Shiv K.; Carew, Thomas J. – Learning & Memory, 2004
Synaptic plasticity is thought to contribute to memory formation. Serotonin-induced facilitation of sensory-motor (SN-MN) synapses in "Aplysia" is an extensively studied cellular analog of memory for sensitization. Serotonin, a modulatory neurotransmitter, is released in the CNS during sensitization training, and induces three temporally and…
Descriptors: Memory, Perceptual Motor Learning, Sensory Experience, Sensory Training
Peer reviewedWorth, Walter H. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1994
A former editor of this journal, 1985-88, selects an outstanding article from his tenure that addresses the pervasive influence of perceptions on educational practice and research. The article selected examines the influence of perceptions on behavior, accuracy of perceptions, capacity of individuals to express perceptions, perception processes,…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cultural Influences, Data Interpretation, Educational Practices
