Raising the Ante of Communication: Evidence for Enhanced Gesture Use in High Stakes Situations
Theorists of language have argued that co-speech hand gestures are an intentional part of social communication. The present study provides evidence for these claims by showing that speakers adjust their gesture use according to their perceived relevance ...
Judith Holler +2 more
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The Impact of Poor Nonverbal Social Perception on Functional Capacity in Schizophrenia
BackgroundNonverbal social perception is the ability to interpret the intentions and dispositions of others by evaluating cues such as facial expressions, body movements, and emotional prosody.
Victoria Chapellier +4 more
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Issues related to obtaining intelligence quotient-matched controls in autism research
Background: Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is considered to be an index of global cognitive functioning and has traditionally been used as a fulcral measure in case-control studies in neuro-developmental disorders such as autism. Aim: The aim is to highlight
Vanitha S Rao +2 more
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Epilepsy‐Associated Variants of a Single SCN1A Codon Exhibit Divergent Functional Properties
ABSTRACT Objective Pathogenic variants in SCN1A, which encodes the voltage‐gated sodium channel NaV1.1, are associated with multiple epilepsy syndromes exhibiting a range of clinical severity. SCN1A variants are reported in different syndromes, including Dravet syndrome, which is associated with loss‐of‐function, whereas neonatal/infantile‐onset ...
Lanie N. Liebovitz +3 more
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Auditory Processing in Children with Specific Language Impairments: Are there Deficits in Frequency Discrimination, Temporal Auditory Processing or General Auditory Processing? [PDF]
Background/Aims: Specific language impairment (SLI) is believed to be associated with nonverbal auditory (NVA) deficits. It remains unclear, however, whether children with SLI show deficits in auditory time processing, time processing in general ...
Massinger, Claudia, Nickisch, Andreas
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Movement Disorders in Aicardi–Goutières Syndrome and Response to Immunomodulation
ABSTRACT This study characterizes movement disorders and treatment responses in seven children with Aicardi–Goutières syndrome (AGS). We retrospectively evaluated motor phenotypes, neuroimaging, and interferon signatures in patients treated with baricitinib or anifrolumab. Spasticity affected all patients, while dystonia was present in 4/7.
Enrique Gonzalez Saez‐Diez +10 more
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This research describes the pragmatic meaning of verbal and nonverbal language of Sundanese people in Sindangkasih District, Ciamis Regency, West Java. This research is a qualitative research using ethnopragmatics.
Neneng Tia Ati Yanti +2 more
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Creativity and perceived multiple intelligences as predictors of scholastic aptitude in primary education [PDF]
Introducción. La profundización en constructos como creatividad, inteligencia y aptitudes escolares, y comprender cómo se relacionan entre ellos, puede favorecer un mejor entendimiento de las variables implicadas en el rendimiento académico.
Areces, Débora +4 more
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Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz +3 more
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Veracidad vs. engaño: detección de indicios verbo-corporales en el discurso
En este estudio se analizaron discursos orales con el objetivo de detectar indicios de la comunicación verbal (y paraverbal) y de la comunicación no verbal (corporal y facial) que ayudaran a discriminar los discursos falsos de los veraces.
Juan Ángel Anta Ruesga +3 more
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