Examining unconscious bias embedded in provider language regarding children with autism

Relationship Between Executive Functions and Pragmatic Language in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Objectives: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have problems in communicating and social interaction skills. Moreover, deficits in pragmatic language and executive functions are among the most important causes of communication and social interaction problems in this group. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between executive functioning and two of its indices (behav...

Unconscious Bias.

Running head: FUNCTION BIAS IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

We investigate the function bias – generalising words to objects with the same function – in typically developing (TD) children, children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and children with other developmental disorders (DD). Across four trials, a novel object was named and its function was described and demonstrated. Children then selected the other referent from a shape match (same shape, d...

Running head: UNCONSCIOUS THREAT AND BIAS IN TIBET Unconscious threat and judgment bias in Tibetan Buddhists

Individuals who have been subtly reminded of death display heightened in-group favouritism, or “worldview defense.” Terror management theory argues (i) that death cues engender worldview defense via psychological mechanisms specifically evolved to suppress death anxiety, and (ii) that the core function of religiosity is to suppress death anxiety. Thus, terror management theory predicts that ext...

Comparison of Motor Skills in At-risk with Autism Spectrum Disorder Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development Children

Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder characterized by repetitive and stereotypical patterns, and difficulties with social communication and interaction in early childhood. Motor development and dysfunction in children with ASD has been the subject of study in recent years and has attracted much of the attention of researchers. As motor dysfunctions can ...