Background Assessment of mother-child interactions is a core issue of early child
development and psychopathology. This paper focuses on the concept of “synchrony” and …

Various aspects of motherese also known as infant-directed speech (IDS) have been
studied for many years. As it is a widespread phenomenon, it is suspected to play some …

Infant-directed speech (IDS) is the particular voice register observed in the majority of
parents in interaction with their infants and differs from natural speech used in conversations …

We aimed to compare, during a joint attention (JA) elicitation task, how children with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) and children with typical development (TD) behave and explore …

Background A growing body of anecdotal evidence indicates that the use of robots may
provide unique opportunities for assisting children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) …

Abnormalities in melatonin physiology may be involved or closely linked to the
pathophysiology and behavioral expression of autistic disorder, given its role in …

Background The need for early treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) necessitates
early screening. Very few tools have been prospectively tested with infants of less than 12 …

Humans communicate with small children in unusual and highly conspicuous ways (child-
directed communication (CDC)), which enhance social bonding and facilitate language …

There is a growing interest in the role of biological and behavioral rhythms in typical and
atypical development. Recent studies in cognitive and developmental psychology have …

Describing how caregivers' talk to their autistic children, and how their talk may influence
social and language outcomes, has important implications for developmental theory and …