Dare to share! How the DANS Data Station SSH supports FAIR data in the ODISSEI Community

In the beginning of June DANS launched the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). Researchers and data stewards from the SSH domain can use the Data Station to archive and publish data as well as to find data for reuse. This blog post outlines the features of the Data Station and how it can be used to make data reusable for new research while allowing to restrict data access where needed

Neural tracking in infancy predicts language development in children with and without family history of autism

During speech processing, neural activity in non-autistic adults and infants tracks the speech envelope. Recent research in adults indicates that this neural tracking relates to linguistic knowledge and may be reduced in autism. Such reduced tracking, if present already in infancy, could impede language development. In the current study, we focused on children with a family history of autism, who often show a delay in first language acquisition. We investigated whether differences in tracking of sung nursery rhymes during infancy relate to language development and autism symptoms in childhood. We assessed speech-brain coherence at either 10 or 14 months of age in a total of 22 infants with high likelihood of autism due to family history and 19 infants without family history of autism. We analyzed the relationship between speech-brain coherence in these infants and their vocabulary at 24 months as well as autism symptoms at 36 months. Our results showed significant speech-brain coherence in the 10- and 14-month-old infants. We found no evidence for a relationship between speech-brain coherence and later autism symptoms. Importantly, speech-brain coherence in the stressed syllable rate (1–3 Hz) predicted later vocabulary. Follow-up analyses showed evidence for a relationship between tracking and vocabulary only in 10-month-olds but not 14-month-olds and indicated possible differences between the likelihood groups. Thus, early tracking of sung nursery rhymes is related to language development in childhood

Neural Tracking in Infancy Predicts Language Development in Children With and Without Family History of Autism

During speech processing, neural activity in non-autistic adults and infants tracks the speech envelope. Recent research in adults indicates that this neural tracking relates to linguistic knowledge and may be reduced in autism. Such reduced tracking, if present already in infancy, could impede language development. In the current study, we focused on children with a family history of autism, who often show a delay in first language acquisition. We investigated whether differences in tracking of sung nursery rhymes during infancy relate to language development and autism symptoms in childhood. We assessed speech-brain coherence at either 10 or 14 months of age in a total of 22 infants with high likelihood of autism due to family history and 19 infants without family history of autism. We analyzed the relationship between speech-brain coherence in these infants and their vocabulary at 24 months as well as autism symptoms at 36 months. Our results showed significant speech-brain coherence in the 10-and 14-month-old infants. We found no evidence for a relationship between speech-brain coherence and later autism symptoms. Importantly, speech-brain coherence in the stressed syllable rate (1–3 Hz) predicted later vocabulary. Follow-up analyses showed evidence for a relationship between tracking and vocabulary only in 10-month-olds but not in 14-month-olds and indicated possible differences between the likelihood groups. Thus, early tracking of sung nursery rhymes is related to language development in childhood

Atypical Development of Attentional Control Associates with Later Adaptive Functioning, Autism and ADHD Traits

Funder: H2020 European Research Council; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010663Funder: Research Foundation FlandersFunder: Universiteit Gent; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004385Funder: Marguerite-Marie DelacroixFunder: Autistica; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011706Funder: Riksbankens Jubileumsfond; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004472; Grant(s): NHS14-1802:1Funder: K.F. Hein FondsFunder: Scott Family Junior Research FellowshipAbstract: Autism is frequently associated with difficulties with top-down attentional control, which impact on individuals’ mental health and quality of life. The developmental processes involved in these attentional difficulties are not well understood. Using a data-driven approach, 2 samples (N = 294 and 412) of infants at elevated and typical likelihood of autism were grouped according to profiles of parent report of attention at 10, 15 and 25 months. In contrast to the normative profile of increases in attentional control scores between infancy and toddlerhood, a minority (7–9%) showed plateauing attentional control scores between 10 and 25 months. Consistent with pre-registered hypotheses, plateaued growth of attentional control was associated with elevated autism and ADHD traits, and lower adaptive functioning at age 3 years

Dare to share! How the DANS Data Station SSH supports FAIR data in the ODISSEI Community

In the beginning of June DANS launched the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). Researchers and data stewards from the SSH domain can use the Data Station to archive and publish data as well as to find data for reuse. This blog post outlines the features of the Data Station and how it can be used to make data reusable for new research while allowing to restrict data access where needed

PID Graph van de Nederlandse wetenschap: DANS verbindt en verrijkt beschikbare informatie in NARCIS

Benieuwd naar informatie over de Nederlandse wetenschap? De portal NARCIS.nl biedt steeds meer informatie door de automatische koppeling van persistent identifiers in een PID Graph

Making Qualitative Data Reusable

<p>Slides of the presentation given at the event "I want to be FAIR - How to deal with my qualitative data?" <br>In this presentation, we present our guidebook for making qualitative reusable. The guidebook summarises the challenges and provides guidance on how reusability of qualitative data can be improved at all stages of the research data life cycle. It also includes a decision tree outlining different options for reuse.  </p&gt

CESSDA Online Expert Tour Guide for Data Management.

Poster on the CESSDA Online Expert Tour Guide for Data Management presented during the NPSO Lustrum in Rotterdam

Leren hoe je data kunt vinden: Gratis online training helpt onderzoekers bij datamanagement

CESSDA ERIC, het consortium van Europese sociaalwetenschappelijke data-archieven, heeft aan haar gratis online training over datamanagement een nieuw hoofdstuk toegevoegd: data discovery