Our lab is an interdisciplinary collaboration between The Strathclyde Institute of Education, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic & Electrical Engineering. Below is a selection of our lab members' research output relevant to our mission of understanding motor differences in autism.
Laboratory for Innovation in AutismResearch Outputs
- Developmental differences in the prospective organisation of goal-directed movement between children with autism and typically developing children: A smart tablet serious game study.
Chua, Y. W., Lu, S.-C., Anzulewicz, A., Sobota, K., Tachtatzis, C., Andonovic, I., Rowe, P., & Delafield-Butt, J. 20 Nov 2021, Developmental Science, n/a(n/a), e13195. - The use of a tablet-based app for investigating the influence of autistic and ADHD traits on performance in a complex drawing task.
Savickaite, S., Morrison, C., Lux, E., Delafield-Butt, J. & Simmons, D.R. (2021). Behavioral Research Methods. - Consciousness generates agent action
Delafield-Butt, J., & Trevarthen, C. (2021). In : Behavioral and Brain Sciences. - Autism and panpsychism: putting process in mind
Delafield-Butt, J. (2021). Autism and Panpsychism: Putting process in mind. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 28(9-10), 76-90. - Phase 3 diagnostic evaluation of a smart tablet serious game to identify autism in 760 children 3-5 years old in Sweden and the United Kingdom
Millar, L., McConnachie, A., Minnis, H., Wilson, P., Thompson, L., Anzulewicz, A., Sobota, K., Rowe, P., Gillberg, C. & Delafield-Butt, J., 16 Jul 2019, In : BMJ Open. 9, 7, 7 p., e026226. - A diagnostic evaluation of tablet serious games for the assessment of autism spectrum disorder in young children
Millar, L., McConnachie, A., Minnis, H., Wilson, P., Thompson, L., Anzulewicz, A., Sobota, K., Rowe, P., Gillberg, C. & Delafield-Butt, J., 31 Oct 2018, In : PsyArXiv Preprints. p. 1-17 17 p. - Being misunderstood in autism: the role of motor disruption in expressive communication, implications for satisfying social relations
Delafield-Butt, J., Trevarthen, C., Rowe, P. & Gillberg, C., 23 July 2019, In : Behavioral and Brain Sciences. - Brainstem enlargement in pre-school children with autism: results from an inter-method agreement study of segmentation algorithms
Bosco, P., Giuliano, A., Delafield-Butt, J., Muratori, F., Calderoni, S. & Retico, A., 5 Sep 2018, In : Human Brain Mapping. - Making meaning together: embodied narratives in a case of severe autism
Delafield-Butt, J., Zeedyk, S., Harder, S., Vaever, M. & Caldwell, P., 31 Dec 2018, In : PsyArXiv Preprints. 41 p. - Ontological completion in the adult-infant system
Delafield-Butt, J., 30 Dec 2018, In : PsyArXiv Preprints. 21 p. - Prospective organisation of neonatal arm movements: a motor foundation of embodied agency, disrupted in premature birth
Delafield-Butt, J. T., Freer, Y., Perkins, J., Skulina, D., Schögler, B. & Lee, D. N., 19 Jun 2018, In : Developmental Science. 16 p., e12693. - Social and emotional development in nurture groups: the narrative structure of learning through companionship
Adie, J. & Delafield-Butt, J. T., 31 Oct 2016, In : The Psychology of Education Review. 40, 2 - Teaching children with autism spectrum disorder with restricted interests: a review of evidence for best practice
Gunn, K. C. M. & Delafield-Butt, J. T., 30 Jun 2016, In : Review of Educational Research. 86, 2, p. 408-430 23 p. - The embodied narrative nature of learning: nurture in school
Delafield-Butt, J. T. & Adie, J., 27 Jun 2016, In : Mind, Brain, and Education. 10, 2, p. 117-131 15 p. - Toward the autism motor signature: gesture patterns during smart tablet gameplay identify children with autism
Anzulewicz, A., Sobota, K. & Delafield-Butt, J. T., 24 Aug 2016, In : Scientific Reports. 6, 13 p., 31107. - Embodied intersubjective engagement in mother-infant tactile communication: a cross-cultural study of Japanese and Scottish mother-infant behaviours during infant pick-up.
Negayama, K., Delafield-Butt, J. T., Momose, K., Ishijima, K., Kawahara, N., Lux, E., Murphy, A. & Konstantinos, K., 2015, In : Frontiers in Psychology. 6, 39 p. - The ontogenesis of narrative: from moving to meaning
Delafield-Butt, J. T. & Trevarthen, C., 2 Sep 2015, In : Frontiers in Psychology. 6, 1157. - Autism as a developmental disorder in intentional movement and affective engagement
Trevarthen, C. & Delafield-Butt, J., 17 Jul 2013, In : Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 7, 32 p., 49.
- Disruption to Embodiment in Autism, and Its Repair
Delafield-Butt, J., Dunbar, P., & Trevarthen, C. (2021). In N. Papaneophytou & U. Das (Eds.), Emerging Programs for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Elsevier Academic Press. - Observing and Interpreting Embodied Interactions: Interpreting voice from birth to 3 years
McGowan, T., & Delafield-Butt, J. (2021). In L. Arnott & K. Wall (Eds.), Research Through Play: Participatory Methods in Early Childhood: Sage. - Infant Intentions: Learning with Others.
Delafield-Butt, J., & Trevarthen, C. (2020). In M. Peter (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Teacher Education. Singapore: Springer Nature. - 'The early embodied development of ASD, and its care'
Trevarthen, C. & Delafield-Butt, J., 17 May 2019, (Accepted/In press) Autism Spectrum Disorder. Das, U. N., Papaneophytou, N. & El-Kour, T. (eds.). Netherlands, 9 p' - The Child's Curriculum: Working With the Natural Values of Young Children
Trevarthen, C. (ed.), Delafield-Butt, J. (ed.) & Dunlop, A-W. (ed.), 14 Sep 2018, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 352 p. - 'Defining the child's curriculum, and its role in the life of the community'
Trevarthen, C., Dunlop, A-W. & Delafield-Butt, J., 14 Sep 2018, The Child's Curriculum. Trevarthen, C., Delafield-Butt, J. & Dunlop, A-W. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 1-12 12 p. - 'The emotional and embodied nature of human understanding: sharing narratives of meaning'
Delafield-Butt, J., 6 Sep 2018, The Child's Curriculum. Trevarthen, C., Delafield-Butt, J. & Dunlop, A-W. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 33 p. - 'The spirit of the child inspires learning in the community: how can we balance this promise with the politics and practice of education?'
Trevarthen, C., Dunlop, A-W. & Delafield-Butt, J., 14 Sep 2018, The Child's Curriculum. Trevarthen, C., Delafield-Butt, J. & Dunlop, A-W. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 311-318 7 p. - 'On the brainstem origin of autism: disruption to movements of the primary self'
Delafield-Butt, J. & Trevarthen, C., 3 Oct 2017, Autism: The Movement Sensing Perspective. Torres, E. B. & Whyatt, C. (eds.). Abingdon, p. 119-138 20 p. (Frontiers in Neuroscience).
- Smart tablet-based gameplay identification of preschool children with autism: a replication study with machine learning data analytics improvements
Sobota, K., Anzulewicz, A., Zaremba, D. & Delafield-Butt, J., 3 May 2019. 9 p. - Kinematics of prospective motor control in autism spectrum disorder: an exploratory multilevel modelling analysis of goal-directed finger movements during smart-tablet gameplay
Chua, Y. W., Lu, S-C., Rowe, P., Tachtatzis, C., Andonovic, I., Anzulewicz, A., Sobota, K. & Delafield-Butt, J., 2 May 2019. 3 p. - The movements of children with autism can be faster or slower than their typically developing counterparts, depending on the task
Lu, S-C., Rowe, P., Tachtatzis, C., Andonovic, I., Anzulewicz, A., Sobota, K. & Delafield-Butt, J., 1 May 2019. - Disruption to motor intentions in children with autism: kinematic evidence for brainstem timing errors
Delafield-Butt, J. T., Sobota, K., Anzulewicz, A., Lu, S-C., Millar, L. & Rowe, P., 11 May 2018. - Tablet-based gameplay identifies movement patterns related to autism spectrum disorder
Anzulewicz, A., Sobota, K. & Delafield-Butt, J., 27 Mar 2018. - The impact of online computer games on mental health of children with autism or hearing loss
Alawajee, O., Delafield-Butt, J. & Costa, C., 10 May 2018. - Inter-method reliability of brainstem volume segmentation algorithms in preschoolers with ASD
Bosco, P., Giuliano, A., Delafield-Butt, J., Muratori, F., Calderoni, S. & Retico, A., 28 Feb 2017, (Accepted/In press) p. 1-4. 4 p. - Potential movement biomarkers for autism in children and adolescents
Butera, C., Delafield-Butt, J., Kilroy, E., Harrison, L., Anzulewicz, A., Sobota, K. & Aziz-Zadeh, L., 5 Apr 2017. - Diagnosis of speech errors in children with autism using ultrasound
McKeever, L., Cleland, J. & Delafield-Butt, J., 12 Sep 2016. 1 p. - Motor differences identify children with autism engaged in iPad gameplay
Anzulewicz, A., Sobota, K., Ferrara, M. & Delafield-Butt, J. T., 11 May 2016. - Motor kinematic differences in children with autism spectrum disorder: ecological gameplay with a sensorised toy
Ferrara, M., Zuccalá, V. C., Cecchi, F., Laschi, C., Delafield-Butt, J. T. & Passetti, G., 13 May 2016. 2 p.