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The 9+ month marathon: How pregnancy may have shaped human endurance capacities
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Anthropology has long considered the evolution of our uniquely human endurance capacities to be the result of selection upon anatomical and physiological features imposed by the demands of thermoregulation and resource acquisition, particularly during the demands of persistence hunting. Research has focused on the anatomical changes present in
Cara Ocobock
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How to identify students with high-functioning autism [PDF]
, 2008 Includes bibliographical ...
Berdeaux, Tammy
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, 2011 Children with an intellectual disability (ID) and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are known to suffer from significantly more sleep problems, anxiety and challenging behaviour (CB) than typically developing children (TD), yet little is known about the ...
Rzepecka, Halina +7 more
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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto +3 more
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Wayfinding in autism spectrum disorders
, 2011 This study featured the use of ... a comprehensive battery [of tests], designed to assess general spatial ability as well as varieties of spatial cognition (including spatial navigation)
Ing, Natalia, Natalia Ing
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Autism Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Social anxiety (SA) is highly prevalent among autistic adults, yet little is known about how autistic people respond to common therapeutic strategies, such as exposure tasks. This study examined responses to a structured speech exposure task embedded within an 8‐week modified cognitive–behavioral therapy (M‐CBT) program.
Bruna B. Roisenberg +4 more
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Autism Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Auditory mismatch responses—mismatch negativity (MMN) and mismatch fields (MMF)—are well established electrophysiological markers of automatic auditory discrimination supported by short‐term sensory memory. These responses, typically elicited using passive oddball paradigms, are increasingly used to investigate sensory and language processing ...
Sara Cacciato‐Salcedo +4 more
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Although parents’ involvement has been identified as important for interventions for their children and young people, little research is conducted to explore parental management strategies for anxiety in children and young people with mild to moderate ...
Gobrial, Ereny
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Verbal behaviour development for children with autism
, 2011 The utility of functional accounts of language development in establishing the emergence of generalised verbal behaviour in children with autism was evaluated through a programme of research that also investigated ways in which interactions between ...
Degli Espinosa, Francesca
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Executive function and autistic symptomatology in very young children [PDF]
, 2001 The Executive Function hypothesis proposes that the behavioural aspects of autism can be explained by impairment in executive function skills. The term 'executive function' refers to several cognitive skills including inhibitor)'control, generation of ...
Shearer, Heather
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