Jessica de Villiers, University of British Columbia

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of British Columbia profile.

Latest papers

[Pragmatics in autism spectrum disorder: recent developments].
Medecine sciences : M/S · 2016 · senior author
Brief Report: A Scale for Rating Conversational Impairment in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 2007 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

The evolution of religion and morality
SSHRC · 2011 · Co-investigator
$2,999,280
The semantics-pragmatics boundary from the perspective of cognitive science and pragmatic deficits in autism
SSHRC · 2005 · Co-investigator
$119,743
Pragmatic impairments in pervasive developmental disorder
SSHRC · 2004 · Principal investigator
$208,799

All 3 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

[Pragmatics in autism spectrum disorder: recent developments].

Kissine M, Clin E, de Villiers J

Medecine sciences : M/S2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20163210021 PMID: 27758752

02

Brief Report: A Scale for Rating Conversational Impairment in Autism Spectrum Disorder

de Villiers J, Fine J, Ginsberg G, Vaccarella L, Szatmari P

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders200744 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0264-1

The evolution of religion and morality

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Partnership Grants

Keywords: religion; morality; evolution of religion; cognitive science of religion; prosociality; cultural evolution; gene-culture coevolution

$2,999,280

The semantics-pragmatics boundary from the perspective of cognitive science and pragmatic deficits in autism

Co-investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Stainton, Robert J.H.

Keywords: philosophy of language; philosophy of mind; cognitive science; semantics; pragmatics; communication deficits; autism; pragmatic deficits

$119,743

Pragmatic impairments in pervasive developmental disorder

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: de Villiers, Jessica

Keywords: autism; Asperger's syndrome; pragmatic impairments; discourse analysis; conceptual integration

$208,799

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Peter Szatmari

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2007

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