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Effects of early sensorimotor disorder on contextual learning in autism

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Summary, in English

Cognitive explanations of autism often involve higher order cognitive functions developing late in childhood, such as theory of mind, executive functions or central coherence. In home videos of infants later diagnosed with autism, children display early signs of developmental disorders, for example impaired sensorimotor functions, attention to social and non-social stimuli and a lack of circadian regulation. We propose that these early signs need to be understood using a framework of context learning. It is also important to understand the role for context understanding in guiding the maturation of behavior. The role for inhibition in context learning as understood within learning theory provides us with helpful tools for this analysis. Our research aim is not to identify and explain early markers for autism, but to understand the cognitive developmental pathway set into rolling by an early impairment. This will help us understand the seemingly unrelated symptoms that define the complex syndrome of autism.

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

247-252

Publication/Series

European Review of Applied Psychology

Volume

56

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Computer Vision and Robotics (Autonomous Systems)
  • Learning

Keywords

  • attention
  • context learning
  • autism
  • early development
  • inhibition

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1162-9088