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Rujas Pascual, Irene

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Irene

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Rujas Pascual

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/86438

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Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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Psicología

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Investigación y Psicología en Educación

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Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación

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Verbal and More: Multimodality in Adults’ and Toddlers’ Spontaneous Repetitions
(Verbal and More: Multimodality in Adults’ and Toddlers’ Spontaneous Repetitions, 2021) Casla Soler, Marta; Rodríguez, Jessica; Mendez-Cabezas, Celia; Murillo Sanz, Eva; Nieva Ramos, Silvia; Rujas Pascual, Irene
This study investigated verbal imitation from a multimodal point of view, considering the mutual influence of children’s and adults’ participation. Sixteen Spanish-speaking children were observed longitudinally at 21, 24, and 30 months of age in natural settings. We analyzed the multimodal characteristics of children’s and adults’ repetitions, considering whether they were verbal, verbal-gestural, or gestural. In addition, we also analyzed the multi-modal characteristics of the utterances that were repeated (source). Measures of vocabulary and grammatical levels were also taken into account at the three points in development. Results showed that verbal-gestural repetitions were frequent in the speech of children and adults, although not as frequent as verbal repetitions. Nevertheless, verbal-gestural speech was reproduced more frequently than verbal speech. Adults were more likely to reproduce children’s speech when it included gestures, which was also related to children’s linguistic level. Furthermore, children and adults synchronize their multimodal communicative behaviors, coordinating the modality of their repetitions with the modality of the source speech. The results are discussed taking into account the need to study the multimodal characteristics of child-directed speech, as well as the need to study verbal repetition and multimodal communicative behaviors simultaneously, as forms of interaction that are essential to language development.
Project number: PIMCD141/23-24
Proceso de acogida de profesores nóveles
(2024) Alonso García, Miguel Aurelio; Alonso Ferrés, María; Arnaiz Schmitz, Cecilia; Arranz Paraíso, Sandra; Chacón Gómez, José Carlos; Correas Marín, María De Los Ángeles; Berrocal Berrocal, Francisca; Castaño Collado, Gloria; Delgado Álvarez, Alfonso; Fernández Mateos, María Del Pilar; Gómez Flechoso, María De Los Ángeles; Hurtado Moreno, Olivia; López Sanz, David; Planells Delpozo, Paloma Nieves; Rujas Pascual, Irene; Vivero Couto, Lara; Cabezas Álvarez, Maria del Carmen; García Gil, Victorio; Sánchez González, José Luis; Sancho Romera, Javier; Alonso García, Miguel Aurelio
El proyecto ha permitido desarrollar el proceso de un programa de onboarding, así como técnicas de acogida que permitan orientar y facilitar la integración de profesores de nuevo ingreso de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). Se ha realizado a modo de proyecto piloto en una facultad y se extenderá ahora a otras de la Universidad.
Los métodos basados en la duración de la mirada: ¿una ventana a la cognición temprana?
(2012) Mariscal, Sonia; Casla, Marta; Aguado Orea, José Javier; Rujas Pascual, Irene
Los métodos experimentales para estudiar el desarrollo temprano han dominado la investigación en desarrollo cognitivo temprano durante las últimas décadas. La mayoría de las investigaciones se han llevado a cabo en laboratorios infantiles que utilizan la mirada de los bebés y niños pequeños como variable dependiente. Estos métodos han permitido acceder a información sobre capacidades cognitivas tempranas que anteriormente era impensable. En este trabajo revisamos, con una mirada crítica, las investigaciones que han utilizado dos métodos paradigmáticos: la habituación (en la variante llamada “violación de expectativas”) y la preferencia visual intermodal. Ambos permiten, respectivamente, valorar los avances realizados en la investigación sobre capacidades perceptivas y representacionales, y desarrollo lingüístico. Discutimos aspectos metodológicos como la elección del diseño y las medidas de las variables dependientes. Asimismo, se revisan las interpretaciones de los datos procedentes de estas investigaciones y la difusión que han tenido para promover una visión determinada del desarrollo temprano.
Effects of grammatical category and morphology on fast mapping in typically developing and late talking toddlers
(First Language, 2019) Irene Rujas; Casla, Marta; Mariscal, Sonia; Rujas Pascual, Irene; Lázaro López-Villaseñor, Miguel; Murillo Sanz, Eva
The purpose of this study was to examine early fast mapping abilities in late talkers (LT) and typically developing (TD) Spanish-speaking children by considering the effect of different variables on fast mapping (age, vocabulary level, grammatical category and number morphology). Thirty-eight Spanish-speaking children were assessed at three times (21 to 24 months at the beginning of the study). A group of LT was matched in age with a TD control group. They completed a fast mapping task with a disambiguation phase and an extension phase. Results show that vocabulary level and age interact with grammatical category and number morphology. TD children’s performance was significantly higher than LT children’s, but these differences decreased with age. Results suggest that the incorporation of new labels does not work automatically; some children may need repeated exposures to word–referent pairings. Longitudinal results suggest the importance of looking at the dynamics of lexical acquisition in addition to vocabulary size.
Changes in the Synchrony of Multimodal Communication in Early Language Development
(2018) Ortega, Carlota; Otones, Alicia; Casla, Marta; Murillo Sanz, Eva; Rujas Pascual, Irene
Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze the changes in temporal synchrony between gesture and speech of multimodal communicative behaviors in the transition from babbling to two-word productions. Method: Ten Spanish-speaking children were observed at 9, 12, 15, and 18 months of age in a semistructured play situation. We longitudinally analyzed the synchrony between gestures and vocal productions and between their prominent parts. We also explored the relationship between gestural–vocal synchrony and independent measures of language development. Results: showed that multimodal communicative behaviors tend to be shorter with age, with an increasing overlap of its constituting elements. The same pattern is found when considering the synchrony between the prominent parts. The proportion of overlap between gestural and vocal elements at 15 months of age as well as the proportion of the stroke overlapped with vocalization appear to be related to lexical development 3 months later. Conclusions: These results suggest that children produce gestures and vocalizations as coordinated elements of a single communication system before the transition to the two-word stage. This coordination is related to subsequent lexical development in this period.
Baremación de una tarea de repetición de pseudopalabras para la evaluación del desarrollo léxico
(2017) Montero, Ignacio; Casla, Marta; Lázaro López-Villaseñor, Miguel; Rujas Pascual, Irene; Murillo Sanz, Eva
It has been demonstrated that the ability to repeat non-words is a good marker of lexical development in a number of languages, including Spanish. In addition, the ability to repeat nonwords has been used as a good discriminator between typically developing children and children with language delays or other language difficulties. However, despite its potential usefulness for clinical and research purposes, there is no validated scale in Spanish. To address this situation, we present a scale based on a sample of 342 monolingual Spanish-speaking children aged from four to seven years. After data analysis, a scale was elaborated to provide populational references for colleagues working in educational, clinical and research fields. The results show a ceiling effect for six years olds, as well as for monomorphemic and bisyllabic items. Implications of these scores are discussed in the corresponding section.
Word and Nonword Repetition Abilities in Spanish Language: Longitudinal Evidence from Typically Developing and Late Talking Children
(The Spanish Journal of Pychology, 2017) Mariscal, Sonia; Casla, Marta; Rujas Pascual, Irene; Lázaro López-Villaseñor, Miguel; Murillo Sanz, Eva
This longitudinal study examined the early word and nonword repetition abilities of monolingual Spanish speaking children. We explored the role that word status, word length, and time play in repetition performance of children with different vocabulary levels. We also examined the predictive value of vocabulary level in repetition abilities. Thirty-seven children participated in this study: 15 late talkers and 22 typically developing children. Families completed the Spanish version of the MacArthur Communicative Developmental Inventory (MCDI) at age 2; children performed a word and nonword repetition task at three different moments, with a temporal interval of 6 months between Time 1 and Time 2, and eight months between Time 2 and Time 3, periods during which linguistic development takes place. We found significant effects for word status, word length, vocabulary level and time: words are repeated better than nonwords; one syllable items are easier to repeat than two and three syllable ones; the performance of late talking children is lower compared to typically developing children throughout the study; and repetition abilities improve longitudinally. In addition, early vocabulary level predicts subsequent repetition abilities and early nonword repetition abilities predict future nonword repetition performance.
The multimodality of infant's rhythmic movements as a modulator of the interaction with their caregivers
(2021) Casla, Marta; Rujas Pascual, Irene; Murillo Sanz, Eva; Moreno Núñez, Ana Rocío
Children’s rhythmic movements during the first year of life possess a meaningful predictive validity for later communicative development. However, their role within adult-child interactions is still underexplored. In this study, we examined whether children’s rhythmic movements were significantly responded by adults and the role of multimodality and object use in this process. We observed 22 dyads of 9-month-olds and their parents in natural play interactions. Infants’ multimodal rhythmic movements increased the probability of adult responding. Adults offered different types of responses and significantly followed the child’s focus of attention. These dynamics could support communicative development by promoting joint attention frameworks.