R Peter Hobson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5511064 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Peter Hobson |
| GIVEN NAMES | R Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Hobson |
| SIGNATURE | HOBSON R P |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2567-1850 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Identification Revisited
The author’s aims in this paper are twofold. The first aim is to consider the psychoanalytic concept of identification. What kind of concept or group of concepts is this; in which respects is it radical in reconfiguring psychological theory; and how far might we separate notions of receptive and projective identification? The author’s second aim is to pursue the implications for understanding human development and psychopathology. The author illu…
Thinking and feeling
When reflecting on the nature of thought, it is helpful to consider how thinking develops. Here I consider how in typical development, creative flexible thinking emerges over the first two years of a child’s life. Thinking develops through, and is grounded in, affective communication between the child and other expressive, embodied persons who relate to a shared world. In order to come to think symbolically (in a full sense), a human being needs …
Dialogic resonance and intersubjective engagement in autism
How can we investigate the relation between language and the human capacity for intersubjective engagement? Here we combine insights from linguistics and psychology to study the language of children with autism. We begin by reviewing why it might be worthwhile to study autism from the perspective of dialogic resonance , defined as the catalytic activation of affinities across utterances. Then we report on a controlled study of conversations invol…
Intentional, Ritualized Request
Autism, Literal Language and Concrete Thinking
The author's aim in this article is to dwell on some developmental considerations that are relevant for explaining abnormalities in the language of individuals with autism and Asperger's syndrome. We face a major challenge in achieving an appropriate level of focus as we move between a perspective on the development of specifically linguistic functioning among children with autism, and concern with broader atypicalities in these individuals' soci…
Behavior of Mothers and Infants With and Without Down Syndrome During the Still‐Face Procedure
There has been limited study of how the constitutional characteristics of infants with Down syndrome (DS) influence the patterning of their relations with caregivers. To assess natural and perturbed interactions between infants with DS and their mothers, we tested ten 6‐month‐old infants with DS and 20 typically developing (TD) 4‐month‐old of similar mental age. Participants were videotaped with their mothers in a natural face‐to‐face interaction…
Concerning knowledge of mental states
How does a child acquire knowledge that other people are subjects of experience, and come to differentiate amongst mental states? In this paper I review some philosophical perspectives on these matters. In order to illustrate how the arguments have contemporary relevance, I criticize the 'theory of mind' approach currently favoured by many psychologists and point out certain implications for our view of early childhood autism
On psychoanalytic approaches to autism
An analysis of the strengths and limitations of psychoanalytic approaches to autism serves to highlight the need for a theoretical scheme adequate to encompass social as well as cognitive development in autistic individuals. It is proposed that such a scheme will entail an account of normal development in which children's "object relations" feature prominently
What's in a face? The case of autism
Groups of verbal MA-matched autistic and non-autistic retarded adolescents and young adults were tested for their ability to recognize emotion and personal identity in photographed faces and parts of faces. The tasks were to match expressions of emotion across different individuals, and to identify unfamiliar individuals despite changes in emotional expression. Faces were also presented upside-down. The results indicated a specific abnormality in…
Dialogic resonance and intersubjective engagement in autism
How can we investigate the relation between language and the human capacity for intersubjective engagement? Here we combine insights from linguistics and psychology to study the language of children with autism. We begin by reviewing why it might be worthwhile to study autism from the perspective of dialogic resonance , defined as the catalytic activation of affinities across utterances. Then we report on a controlled study of conversations invol…
What's in a face? The case of autism
Groups of verbal MA-matched autistic and non-autistic retarded adolescents and young adults were tested for their ability to recognize emotion and personal identity in photographed faces and parts of faces. The tasks were to match expressions of emotion across different individuals, and to identify unfamiliar individuals despite changes in emotional expression. Faces were also presented upside-down. The results indicated a specific abnormality in…
What's in a face? The case of autism
Groups of verbal MA-matched autistic and non-autistic retarded adolescents and young adults were tested for their ability to recognize emotion and personal identity in photographed faces and parts of faces. The tasks were to match expressions of emotion across different individuals, and to identify unfamiliar individuals despite changes in emotional expression. Faces were also presented upside-down. The results indicated a specific abnormality in…
Concerning knowledge of mental states
How does a child acquire knowledge that other people are subjects of experience, and come to differentiate amongst mental states? In this paper I review some philosophical perspectives on these matters. In order to illustrate how the arguments have contemporary relevance, I criticize the 'theory of mind' approach currently favoured by many psychologists and point out certain implications for our view of early childhood autism
On psychoanalytic approaches to autism
An analysis of the strengths and limitations of psychoanalytic approaches to autism serves to highlight the need for a theoretical scheme adequate to encompass social as well as cognitive development in autistic individuals. It is proposed that such a scheme will entail an account of normal development in which children's "object relations" feature prominently
Behavior of Mothers and Infants With and Without Down Syndrome During the Still‐Face Procedure
There has been limited study of how the constitutional characteristics of infants with Down syndrome (DS) influence the patterning of their relations with caregivers. To assess natural and perturbed interactions between infants with DS and their mothers, we tested ten 6‐month‐old infants with DS and 20 typically developing (TD) 4‐month‐old of similar mental age. Participants were videotaped with their mothers in a natural face‐to‐face interaction…
Autism, Literal Language and Concrete Thinking
The author's aim in this article is to dwell on some developmental considerations that are relevant for explaining abnormalities in the language of individuals with autism and Asperger's syndrome. We face a major challenge in achieving an appropriate level of focus as we move between a perspective on the development of specifically linguistic functioning among children with autism, and concern with broader atypicalities in these individuals' soci…
Intentional, Ritualized Request
Dialogic resonance and intersubjective engagement in autism
How can we investigate the relation between language and the human capacity for intersubjective engagement? Here we combine insights from linguistics and psychology to study the language of children with autism. We begin by reviewing why it might be worthwhile to study autism from the perspective of dialogic resonance , defined as the catalytic activation of affinities across utterances. Then we report on a controlled study of conversations invol…
Thinking and feeling
When reflecting on the nature of thought, it is helpful to consider how thinking develops. Here I consider how in typical development, creative flexible thinking emerges over the first two years of a child’s life. Thinking develops through, and is grounded in, affective communication between the child and other expressive, embodied persons who relate to a shared world. In order to come to think symbolically (in a full sense), a human being needs …
Identification Revisited
The author’s aims in this paper are twofold. The first aim is to consider the psychoanalytic concept of identification. What kind of concept or group of concepts is this; in which respects is it radical in reconfiguring psychological theory; and how far might we separate notions of receptive and projective identification? The author’s second aim is to pursue the implications for understanding human development and psychopathology. The author illu…
Developmental psychology (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Autism (6 works) · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Cognition (2 works)