Sentence examples for delayed imitation from inspiring English sources
"But the evidence for delayed imitation is solid and impressive".
The second participant's assessment did not show any deficits in attending, but showed deficits in delayed imitation.
For this participant, the intervention designed to address deficits in delayed imitation (i.e., a secondary prompter) was most successful in establishing motor imitation responses.
The purpose of this study was to validate the use a brief assessment of delayed imitation and attending skills to predict the effectiveness of interventions specifically designed to address the identified deficits.
It also is possible that the delay in imitation that is required when no object is present could contribute to the discrepancy.
For example, one study found that activation is delayed in the core circuit for imitation in individuals with AS.
On an immediate and delayed posttest, only the object-manipulation verbs were differentially affected by instructional method, with IE and IR being more effective than no imitation on the immediate test; IE IR and no imitation did not differ significantly.
In the latter tasks, a demonstration of an action or sequence of actions is given and infants imitate this action either immediately (elicited imitation), or after a delay period (deferred imitation).
This study was designed to investigate elicited nonverbal imitation in children with specific language delay (SLD).
After a one week delay, only IR was more effective than no imitation, suggesting that imitation during retrieval is most effective for learning object-manipulation words.
