Impacts Of The Institute | 2º Year
SOME RECENT IMPACTS OF THE INSTITUTE´S RESEARCH
1) Increase of publications in indexed journals with international circulation
For example, in Psychology, the Institute had three articles published or in press in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, two articles in press in Psychological Record; two articles forthcoming in Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica (Psychology); one article in School Psychology International. Researchers working on Speech Pathology published in the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology and American Journal of Medical Genetics; one researcher working on vision published in Investigative Ophthalmology Vision & Visual Science in Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics, in Brain Research and Documenta Ophtalmologica; researchers in Computer Sciences published in the International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems and Computer Applications in Education Engeneering.
Papers were also published in journals with a multidisciplinary scope (albeit local): Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia, Revista Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia, Revista Psicologia Escolar e Educacional, Psychology & Neuroscience.
2) A grant from NIH with a subcontract to UFSCar for a project related to the Institute´s focus
This is the second NIH grant received by the Institute and the third one in the history of the group (two others grants had subcontracts to UFPA). This result is quite revealing of the impact of work being done by this INCT. The project Optimization of the initial communication in children with autism contrasts typically developing children, children with intellectual disabilities, prelinguallly deaf children, and individual in the autism spectrum. The project´s main goal will be to establish prerequisites of symbolic communication in these populations. The study of pre-symbolic and symbolic behavior in infants and toddlersconducted by our group provides a solid foundation for the development of this project. The study has implications for the detection and intervention in cases of developmental delays in children´s symbolic behavior.
3) The incorporation of neurophysiological techniques in combination with behavioral techniques for investigation of symbolic relations
The Laboratory for the Study of Human Behavior at UFSCar will have a new division of neurophysiology (we are in the process of acquiring equipment). In UFPA, neurophysiological techniques will be employed to study aphasia.
