Same or different: Common pathways of behavioral biomarkers in infants and children with neurodevelopmental disorders?

The extent to which early motor patterns represent antecedents to later communicative functions, and the emergence of gesture and/or sign as potential communicative acts in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), are research questions that have received recent attention. It is important to keep in min...

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Main Authors: Marschik, P., Zhang, D., Esposito, G., Bölte, Sven, Einspieler, C., Sigafoos, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74826
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Summary:The extent to which early motor patterns represent antecedents to later communicative functions, and the emergence of gesture and/or sign as potential communicative acts in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), are research questions that have received recent attention. It is important to keep in mind that different NDDs have different neurological underpinnings, with correspondingly different implications for their conceptualization, detection, and treatment.