Background: Cognitive inhibition impairment is intimately related to the forgetfulness of relevan... more Background: Cognitive inhibition impairment is intimately related to the forgetfulness of relevant information. This meta-analysis aims to synthesise the evidence of impaired function of cognitive inhibition processes over memory in individuals with intellectual disability (ID). Method: Eleven studies were selected and analysed and included a total of 683 participants. The studies were categorised according to variables such as the task used, the processes involved, the sensory modalities and the method. Results: Despite the small sample of studies, the results revealed significant difficulties with cognitive memory inhibition (CMI) tasks in individuals with ID compared with typical development (TD) individuals (d = 0.62). CMI problems were found in all life stages except the 19-45-year-old stage. In this stage, there was a smaller amount of evidence even though it included the 31-40-year-old range, during which premature aging has been observed in ID. Conclusions: An impairment of CMI in people with ID was observed. More studies are needed to more reliably assess the potential moderating role of age and other factors.
ABSTRACT The ‘theory of mind’ construct is presented, pointing out its place in Rivière’s concept... more ABSTRACT The ‘theory of mind’ construct is presented, pointing out its place in Rivière’s conceptual approaches to psychological development, and in particular to the way of understanding autism. Next, the evolution of the theory of mind is briefly analysed, finally pointing out some implications.
Journal for the Study of Education and Development, Infancia y Aprendizaje, 2020
ABSTRACT The ‘theory of mind’ construct is presented, pointing out its place in Rivière’s concept... more ABSTRACT The ‘theory of mind’ construct is presented, pointing out its place in Rivière’s conceptual approaches to psychological development, and in particular to the way of understanding autism. Next, the evolution of the theory of mind is briefly analysed, finally pointing out some implications.
espanolEn la actualidad carecemos de evidencias cientificas que demuestren que la Terapia Asistid... more espanolEn la actualidad carecemos de evidencias cientificas que demuestren que la Terapia Asistida con animales (TAA) es efectiva en el incremento de la iniciativa de participacion en personas con discapacidad intelectual. Se llevo a cabo un programa de intervencion con 6 usuarios adultos con discapacidad intelectual en 9 sesiones y utilizando 3 perros como coterapeutas para demostrar la efectividad de este tipo de terapia. A pesar de obtener unos resultados prometedores, es necesario seguir poniendo en marcha estos programas en un numero mayor de usuarios y durante un periodo mas largo de tiempo con el objetivo de poder extrapolar los datos. EnglishCurrently there is lack of scientific evidence to show that Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) is effective in increasing initiative participation in people with intellectual disability. An intervention program with 6 adult users with intellectual disability in 9 sessions and using 3 dogs as co - therapists to demonstrate the effectiveness of...
abstractIndividuals with Williams syndrome (WS) present prosodic impairments. They are also inter... more abstractIndividuals with Williams syndrome (WS) present prosodic impairments. They are also interested in musical activities. In typical development, a body of research has shown that the linguistic prosodic skills of musically trained individuals are enhanced. However, it is not known whether, in WS, musical training is also associated with enhanced prosodic performance, a question this study sought to answer. We compared the performance on linguistic prosodic tasks among seven musically trained and fourteen musically untrained individuals with WS, and typically developing peers. Among those with WS, musically trained participants outperformed their musically untrained counterparts on the perception of acoustic parameters involved in prosody, the understanding of questioning and declarative intonation, and the comprehension of prefinal contrastive stress. The results suggest that musical training facilitates prosodic performance in WS. Our findings also suggest common processing me...
Background: Cognitive inhibition impairment is intimately related to the forgetfulness of relevan... more Background: Cognitive inhibition impairment is intimately related to the forgetfulness of relevant information. This meta-analysis aims to synthesise the evidence of impaired function of cognitive inhibition processes over memory in individuals with intellectual disability (ID). Method: Eleven studies were selected and analysed and included a total of 683 participants. The studies were categorised according to variables such as the task used, the processes involved, the sensory modalities and the method. Results: Despite the small sample of studies, the results revealed significant difficulties with cognitive memory inhibition (CMI) tasks in individuals with ID compared with typical development (TD) individuals (d = 0.62). CMI problems were found in all life stages except the 19-45-year-old stage. In this stage, there was a smaller amount of evidence even though it included the 31-40-year-old range, during which premature aging has been observed in ID. Conclusions: An impairment of CMI in people with ID was observed. More studies are needed to more reliably assess the potential moderating role of age and other factors.
ABSTRACT The ‘theory of mind’ construct is presented, pointing out its place in Rivière’s concept... more ABSTRACT The ‘theory of mind’ construct is presented, pointing out its place in Rivière’s conceptual approaches to psychological development, and in particular to the way of understanding autism. Next, the evolution of the theory of mind is briefly analysed, finally pointing out some implications.
Journal for the Study of Education and Development, Infancia y Aprendizaje, 2020
ABSTRACT The ‘theory of mind’ construct is presented, pointing out its place in Rivière’s concept... more ABSTRACT The ‘theory of mind’ construct is presented, pointing out its place in Rivière’s conceptual approaches to psychological development, and in particular to the way of understanding autism. Next, the evolution of the theory of mind is briefly analysed, finally pointing out some implications.
espanolEn la actualidad carecemos de evidencias cientificas que demuestren que la Terapia Asistid... more espanolEn la actualidad carecemos de evidencias cientificas que demuestren que la Terapia Asistida con animales (TAA) es efectiva en el incremento de la iniciativa de participacion en personas con discapacidad intelectual. Se llevo a cabo un programa de intervencion con 6 usuarios adultos con discapacidad intelectual en 9 sesiones y utilizando 3 perros como coterapeutas para demostrar la efectividad de este tipo de terapia. A pesar de obtener unos resultados prometedores, es necesario seguir poniendo en marcha estos programas en un numero mayor de usuarios y durante un periodo mas largo de tiempo con el objetivo de poder extrapolar los datos. EnglishCurrently there is lack of scientific evidence to show that Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) is effective in increasing initiative participation in people with intellectual disability. An intervention program with 6 adult users with intellectual disability in 9 sessions and using 3 dogs as co - therapists to demonstrate the effectiveness of...
abstractIndividuals with Williams syndrome (WS) present prosodic impairments. They are also inter... more abstractIndividuals with Williams syndrome (WS) present prosodic impairments. They are also interested in musical activities. In typical development, a body of research has shown that the linguistic prosodic skills of musically trained individuals are enhanced. However, it is not known whether, in WS, musical training is also associated with enhanced prosodic performance, a question this study sought to answer. We compared the performance on linguistic prosodic tasks among seven musically trained and fourteen musically untrained individuals with WS, and typically developing peers. Among those with WS, musically trained participants outperformed their musically untrained counterparts on the perception of acoustic parameters involved in prosody, the understanding of questioning and declarative intonation, and the comprehension of prefinal contrastive stress. The results suggest that musical training facilitates prosodic performance in WS. Our findings also suggest common processing me...
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