Progressive modularization: Reframing our understanding of typical and atypical language development

Contributions of social and affective neuroscience to our understanding of typical and atypical development

The study of typical and atypical development in chilren and adolescents has become increasingly informed y and integrated with social and affective neuroscience erspectives. Emerging research from the social and affecive neurosciences highlights the influence of social and motional factors, and their interactions, on the developing rain. The purpose of this special section is to draw attenion ...

Subject relatives in typical and atypical language development

In the present research we aim to determine whether relative clauses are successful in distinguishing Italian-speaking children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) from their typically developing peers. Ninetheen preschool-aged children with SLI participated in the study. They were matched to ninetheen typically developing (TD) children on the basis of the age. Children were tested by means...

The impact of motor development on typical and atypical social cognition and language: A systematic review

Background: Motor development allows infants to gain knowledge of the world but its vital role in social development is often ignored. Method: A systematic search for papers investigating the relationship between motor and social skills was conducted, including research in typical development and in Developmental Coordination Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorders and Specific Language Impairment....

Self-locomotion and spatial language and spatial cognition: insights from typical and atypical development

Various studies have shown that occurrence of locomotion in infancy is correlated with the development of spatial cognitive competencies. Recent evidence suggests that locomotor experience might also be important for the development of spatial language. Together these findings suggest that locomotor experience might play a crucial role in the development of linguistic-cognitive spatial skills. ...

Editorial: Mental State Understanding: Individual Differences in Typical and Atypical Development