Conversations are characterized by an interactional synchrony between verbal and nonverbal behaviors [Kendon, A. (1970). Movement coordination in social interaction: some examples described. Acta Psychologica, 32(2), 101–125]. A subset of these contingent conversational behaviors is direct mimicry. During face to face interaction, people who mimic the verbal [Giles, H., Coupland, J., & Coupland...

Autism is a developmental disorder that is evident in infancy or early childhood and results in a broad range of behaviors and, often, lifelong impairments. Now conceptualized as a spectrum of related diagnostic categories, autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) involve severe difficulties in basic aspects of social behavior and communication, such as eye contact, facial expressions, and the develop...

Autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) such as Rett syndrome and Asperger syndromeare enigmatic and complex neurodevelopmental disorders, thought to have originated inparticular interactions of genetic and environmental factors. Despite the extensive research,exact mechanism of pathogenesis is not still completely understood. ASDs are characterizedby deficits and abnormalities in communica...

AL is an 8-year old girl who presented with a 4-year history of impairments in all aspects of the autistic triad: social interaction, imagination, and social communication. Her teacher noticed a lack in the drive to explore environments and ability to ‘parallel play’, a developmental concept whereby infants begin to play alongside each other. However, a regression of verbal communication caused...

BACKGROUND As test and treat rolls out, effective interventions are needed to address the determinants of outcomes across the HIV treatment continuum and ensure that people infected with HIV are promptly tested, initiate treatment early, adhere to treatment, and are virally suppressed. Communication approaches offer viable options for promoting relevant behaviors across the continuum. CONCEPT...

The core behavioral symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) include dysregulation of social communication and the presence of repetitive behaviors. However, there is no pharmacological agent that is currently used to target these core symptoms. Epigenetic dysregulation has been implicated in the etiology of ASD, and may present a pharmacological target. The effect of sodium butyrate, a hist...

the main purpose of this study was to investigate the role of social capital in the motivation of students for job creation. the statistical population of this study included all students of islamic azad university of karaj (n=3200) that 178 cases of these students were selected as research samples according to the cochran formula. data were collected by using a regulated questionnaire whose co...

Program developers collaborated with experts across a wide spectrum of fields to integrate theories on education, social-work, child development and family development, as well as research in the field of education by Arnold Goldstein (Changing the Abusive Parent, Goldstein et al, Champaign, IL.: Research Press, 1985) on changing abusive behaviors and interpersonal communication. Improved commu...

Social media bring both challenges and opportunities to crisis management. This paper summarizes the difficulties in crisis communication under a centralized jurisdiction system by looking into online collective behaviors in mainland China. The paper then introduces the development of an official microblog and proposes a joint official microblog platform to improve interactive communication in ...