Cognitive functions that rely on accurate sequencing of events, such as action planning and execution, verbal and nonverbal communication, and social interaction rely on well-tuned coding of temporal event-structure. Visual temporal event-structure coding was tested in 17 high-functioning adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and mental- and chronological-age matched typica...

Recently, several types of interactive humanoid robots have been developed, and it has become necessary for humans to communicate with robots and treat them not only as intelligent devices but also as cooperative partners. In this paper, by using the task of assembling/disassembling a bicycle as an example, we propose a presenter robot system that can play tutorial videos with a display install...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with a state of chronic hyperglycemia with a highly increased risk of vascular complications. The current study aimed to investigate microcirculation abnormalities in patients with type 2 DM and those with pre-DM using nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) and evaluate the possible correlation with microvascular complications.A total of 115 patients with type 2...

Many children with Down syndrome display asynchrony in development with the acquisition of language preceding at a slower pace than the acquisition of other cognitive skills. Recent research suggests that the expressive language delays that are displayed by these children may be associated with an earlier disturbance in the development of nonverbal requesting skills (Mundy, Sigman, Kasari, & Yi...

A core principle of neurolinguistic programming (NLP) is that rapport and trust develop through synchronization of modes of communication between the sender and receiver. Nonverbal signals are a particularly important mode of communications in the NLP perspective. This study extends the NLP framework by incorporating findings from neuroscience into research about nonverbal signals and sensory r...

OBJECTIVE Although patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) present positive responses to family therapy, the key features of therapeutic changes still require identification. This study explores the role of conflictual communication and affiliative nonverbal behaviour in therapeutic change in brief strategic family therapy (BSFT) for AN patients. METHODS Ten female AN patients and their parents w...

OBJECTIVE To create a clinical consensus statement to address ambiguities and disparities in the diagnosis and management of nasal valve compromise (NVC). SUBJECTS AND METHODS An updated systematic review of the literature was conducted. In addition, a Modified Delphi Method was used to refine expert opinion and facilitate a consensus position. RESULTS After two rounds of surveys and confer...

OBJECTIVE Nonverbal and verbal communication elements enhance and reinforce the consent form in the informed consent process and need to be transferred appropriately to multimedia formats using interaction design when re-designing the process. METHODS Observational, question asking behavior, and content analyses were used to analyze nonverbal and verbal elements of an informed consent process...

In a national research project we assessed gender-related communicative patterns in 20 teams from diverse organizations. The sub-sample for this study consisted of two teams with one gender token each: a female token in an industrial team of eleven persons and a male token in a kindergarten team of eight persons. We focused on dominance and support-related behaviour in verbal and nonverbal comm...