Computerized Assessment of Cognitive Development in Neurotypical and Neurodivergent Children

Abstract

This study aims to observe the differences in the shared intentionality magnitude in mother-child dyads with neurotypical (NT) children and neurodivergent (ND) children aged 3-6 years. The quality of shared intentionality in infancy is associated with cognitive development. Our results showed that ND children scored six times higher (on average) in quiz-test than NT children. Children with difficulties in interaction (ND children) are more likely to use shared intentionality in conversation than NT children. We believe that this knowledge can contribute to developing computerized assessment methods which can diagnose developmental disabilities in such children.

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Keywords

Shared intentionality, computerized assessment, cognitive delay, coherent intelligence, statistical learning mechanisms, 5.1 Psychology, 3.2 Clinical medicine, 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

Citation

Danilov, I V, Mihailova, S & Svajyan, A 2022, 'Computerized Assessment of Cognitive Development in Neurotypical and Neurodivergent Children', OBM Neurobiology, vol. 6, no. 3, 8, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2203137