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The development of motor response inhibition is critical during preschool years and has been associated with an improvement in gross motor coordination in this population. However, the assessment of inhibitory abilities in young children is challenging in terms of task selection and subject engagement, especially when investigating foot responses. Thus, the aim of this study was to describe a child-friendly Go/No-go paradigm to assess inhibitory control of foot based on a dance mat protocol. In this method, Go and No-go stimuli are modeled in the context of a fishing game, and behavioral responses are assessed by recording the latency to touch the mat and the accuracy of the touches. In this protocol article, we (1) describe the stages of the experimental set-up, (2) provide an illustrative data collection example in a sample of children aged 3-4 years, and (3) describe how to process the data generated. The utilization of the dance mat provides a feasible tool for researchers interested in studying the development of motor inhibitory control of foot in preschoolers. Potential applications of this protocol may include studies on developmental differences between hand and foot specialization, sports-related performance and neuroimaging.
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BACKGROUND: echolalia is one of the most common symptoms among the language characteristics in Autism. AIM: to provide a detailed literature revision about the role of echolalia in the language development process of autistic individuals, and to discuss the use of this language feature in the speech-language clinical practice. The researches show classifications and analysis criterions of echolalia in a discursive context. A few of the analyzed studies are against the use of echolalia, pointing that it has no communicative function, and therefore should be discouraged. On the other hand, other studies indicate that echolalia has a communicative value and can be used as a communicative in speech-language intervention. CONCLUSION: this bibliographical review raises the issue about the importance of evaluating the conditions in which echolalia might occur before considering it as having a communicative value or not.
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Autistic Disorder/psychology , Communication , Echolalia/psychology , Language Development , Adolescent , Child , HumansABSTRACT
TEMA: a ecolalia é um dos sintomas mais comuns dentre as características da linguagem no Autismo. OBJETIVO: oferecer uma revisão bibliográfica detalhada sobre o papel da ecolalia no desenvolvimento da linguagem de pessoas autistas, seguida de discussão sobre seu uso na prática clínica fonoaudiológica. As pesquisas mostram classificações e critérios de análise da ecolalia no contexto discursivo. Alguns estudos se posicionam contra seu uso afirmando que a ecolalia não tem função comunicativa e, por isso, deve ser desestimulada; outros defendem que a ecolalia tem um valor comunicativo, podendo ser inclusive utilizada em terapia fonoaudiológica. CONCLUSÃO: a pesquisa nos leva a refletir sobre a importância de avaliar as condições em que a ecolalia ocorre, antes de classificá-la como comunicativa ou não.
BACKGROUND: echolalia is one of the most common symptoms among the language characteristics in Autism. AIM: to provide a detailed literature revision about the role of echolalia in the language development process of autistic individuals, and to discuss the use of this language feature in the speech-language clinical practice. The researches show classifications and analysis criterions of echolalia in a discursive context. A few of the analyzed studies are against the use of echolalia, pointing that it has no communicative function, and therefore should be discouraged. On the other hand, other studies indicate that echolalia has a communicative value and can be used as a communicative in speech-language intervention. CONCLUSION: this bibliographical review raises the issue about the importance of evaluating the conditions in which echolalia might occur before considering it as having a communicative value or not.
