The Munich Model of Giftedness unites individual and environmental characteristics in a single scheme for the identification and development of giftedness and talent (G&T). In this model, natural abilities are called ...

This work aimed to study the manifestations of peripheral literature movement of São Paulo, in its intersections with the race issue, in order to verify the relationships that could be established between Black identity ...

The ability of expressing emotions via facial expressions is an indispensable component of some required childhood social skills. Therefore, facial expressions are crucial for successful social relations and the quality ...

The World Health Organization has established that blood lead levels beyond 10μg/dl can cause neural behavior alterations in children, such as deficits in psychological development, hyperactivity, language development ...

Recent demographic changes such as decreasing fertility rates and increasing life expectancy have favored intergenerational families. In this social context we use concepts from Social Skills Psychology, which focuses on ...

School has an important socialization role and social skills contribute to the socio-emotional and academic development and also behavior problems reduction. To maximize this contribution, universal social skills programs ...

In considering the national publications about gifted and talented children, it was noticed that there is a lack on scientific knowledge and empirical research about the socio-emotional characteristics of these children, ...

Questions on how abstract symbols acquire meaning remain intriguing puzzles for behavioral and cognitive sciences. Recently, tow main approaches have been emphasized in the context of Behavior Analysis investigating these ...

False memories are defined as remembering events that never happened or remember facts in a distorted way. In cognitive psychology this phenomenon has been studied through the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm, in ...

The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) authored by Mark Sundberg provides a systematic assessment for children with autism and similar delays and has become a frequent tool among those ...