Jonathan Delafield-Butt är lektor i barnutveckling och chef för Laboratory for Innovation in Autism (laboratoriet för innovation inom autism) vid University of Strathclyde. Hans tvärvetenskapliga team kombinerar elektroteknik/elektronikteknik, biomedicinsk teknik, barnpsykologi, barnpsykiatri och pedagogik för att utveckla kroppsnära och smart spelteknik för barn med autism och utvecklingsneurologiska funktionsnedsättningar. Hans forskning driver fram kunskap om de förkroppsligade och affektiva grunderna till barnpsykologisk utveckling, med särskilt fokus på en subtil men betydande motorisk störning vanligt förekommande vid autismspektrumtillstånd. Hans grupp ägnar sig för närvarande åt en stor diagnostisk prövning av en typ av iPad-assisterad utvärdering som tillämpats vid GNC i Göteborg och i Skottland. Delafield-Butt disputerade i utvecklingsrelaterad neurovetenskap vid Edinburghs universitet, fortsatte sedan med utvecklingspsykologi vid Edinburghs respektive Köpenhamns universitet, och erhöll stipendier vid Harvard Medical School och Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (Institutet för avancerade studier inom humaniora) i Edinburgh för filosofiska studier rörande kropp–själproblemet. Han genomgick preklinisk utbildning i psykoanalytisk psykoterapi vid Scottish Institute for Human Relations (skotska institutet för mänskliga relationer) och är medlem i World Association for Infant Mental Health (globala förbundet för små barns mentala hälsa) och International Society for Autism Research (Internationella samfundet för autismforskning). Hans arbete finansieras av ESRC, ESPRC, Carnegie Trust, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Capita, skotska regeringen, generösa donationer, och även genom ett EU H2020-pris tilldelat via uppstartsföretaget Harimata. Vid GNC lär han sig om konceptet ESSENCE och dess implikationer i hanteringen av utvecklingsneurologiska funktionsnedsättningar, för att på så sätt kunna utveckla roliga och minimalt invasiva datoriserade bedömningsverktyg för utvärdering av motoriska färdigheter hos spädbarn och småbarn.
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Bosco, P., Giuliano, A., Delafield-Butt, J., Muratori, F., Calderoni, S., & Retico, A. (2018). Brainstem enlargement in preschool children with autism: Results from an intermethod agreement study of segmentation algorithms. Human Brain Mapping, (Epub ahead of print).
Delafield-Butt, J. T., Freer, Y., Perkins, J., Skullina, D., Schögler, B., & Lee, D. N. (2018). Prospective organization of neonatal arm movements: A motor foundation of embodied agency, disrupted in premature birth. Developmental Science, 21, e:12693.
Delafield-Butt, J.T. (2018). The Emotional and Embodied Nature of Human Understanding: Sharing narratives of meaning. in C., Trevarthen, J., Delafield-Butt and A-W., Dunlop (eds.), The Child’s Curriculum: Working with the natural voices of children. Oxford: Oxford University Press. in press
Trevarthen, T., Delafield-Butt, J.T., & Dunlop, A.-W. C. (eds.). (2018). The Child’s Curriculum. Oxford: Oxford University Press. in press
Trevarthen, C., Dunlop, A.-W., & Delafield-Butt, J. (2018). The Spirit of the Child Inspires Learning in the Community: How can we balance this promise with the politics and practise of education? In C., Trevarthen, J., Delafield-Butt, & A.-., Dunlop (eds.), The Child's Curriculum: Working with the natural voices of young children. Oxford: Oxford University Press. in press
Trevarthen, C., Dunlop, A.-W., & Delafield-Butt, J. (2018). Defining the Child's Curriculum, and Its Role in the Life of the Community. In C., Trevarthen, J. Delafield-Butt, & A.-W. Dunlop (eds.), The child's curriculum: Working with the natural voices of young children. Oxford: Oxford University Press. in press
Delafield-Butt, J.T. & Trevarthen, C. (2017). On the Brainstem Origin of Autism: Disruption to Movements of the Primary Self. In E., Torres & C., Whyatt (eds.), The Movement-Sensory Perspective in Autism. London: Springer.
Trevarthen, C. & Delafield-Butt, J.T. (2017). The Development of Consciousness. In B., Hopkins, E., Geangu & S., Linkenauger (eds.), Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development, second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Adie, J. & Delafield-Butt, J. (2016). Companionship in the Early Years: Social and emotional development in nurture groups. The Psychology of Education Review. 40, 2.
Anzulewicz, A., Sobota, K., & Delafield-Butt, J. T. (2016). Toward the Autism Motor Signature: Gesture patterns during smart tablet gameplay identify children with autism. Scientific Reports, 6, 31107.
Delafield-Butt, J.T. & Adie, J. (2016). The Embodied Narrative Nature of Learning: Nurture in school. Mind, Brain, & Education 10, 117-134.
Gunn, K. C. M., & Delafield-Butt, J. T. (2016). Teaching Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Restricted Interests. Review of Educational Research, 86, 408-430.
Trevarthen, C. & Delafield-Butt, J. T. (2016). Intersubjectivity in the Imagination
and Feelings of the Infant: Implications for Education in the Early Years. In J. White and C. Dalli (eds.), Early Years Policy and Pedagogy. London: Springer.
Delafield-Butt, J.T., & Trevarthen, C. (2015). The Ontogenesis of Narrative: From moving to meaning. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1157.
Negayama, K., Delafield-Butt, J. T., Momose, K., Ishijima, K., Kawahara, N., Lux, E., … Kaliarntas, L. (2015). Embodied Intersubjective Engagement in Mother-infant Tactile Communication: A cross-cultural study of Japanese and Scottish mother-infant behaviours during infant pick-up. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 66.
Trevarthen, C., & Delafield-Butt, J. T. (2015). The Infant’s Creative Vitality, In Projects of Self-Discovery and Shared Meaning: How They Anticipate School, and Make It Fruitful. In S., Robson & S.F., Quinn (eds.), International Handbook of Young Children’s Thinking and Understanding (pp. 3-18). Abingdon, Oxfordshire & New York: Routledge.
Delafield-Butt, J.T. (2014). Process and Action: Whitehead's ontological units and perceptuomotor control units. In S., Koutroufinis (ed.), Life and Process. Frankfurt, Paris, Lancaster: Ontos Verlag.
Packard, A., & Delafield-Butt, J. T. (2014). Feelings as Agents of Selection: putting Charles Darwin back into (extended neo-) Darwinism. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 112, 332-353.
Delafield-Butt, J. T., & Gangopadhyay, N. (2013). Sensorimotor Intentionality: The origins of intentionality in prospective agent action. Developmental Review, 33, 399-425.
Delafield-Butt, J. T., & Trevarthen, C. (2013). Theories of the Development of Human Communication. In P., Cobley & P., Schultz (eds.), Handbook of Communication Science. Berlin: Gruyter Mouton.
Taffoni, F., Tamilia, E., Palminteri, M., Schena, E., Formica, D., Delafield-Butt, J., et al. (2013). Ecological Sucking Monitoring of Newborns. Sensors Journal, IEEE, PP(99), 1-1.
Trevarthen, C., & Delafield-Butt, J. T. (2013). Autism as a Developmental Disorder in Intentional Movement and Affective Engagement. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 7, 49.
Trevarthen, C., & Delafield-Butt, J. T. (2013). Biology of Shared Meaning and Language Development: Regulating the Life of Narratives. In M., Legerstee, D., Haley & M., Bornstein (eds.), The Developing Infant Mind: Integrating Biology and Experience (pp. 167-199). New York: Guildford Press.
Delafield-Butt, J.T., Pepping, G.-J., McCaig, C., & Lee, D.N. (2012). Prospective Guidance in a Free-swimming Cell. Biological Cybernetics, 106, 283-293.
Trevarthen, C, Delafield-Butt, J.T., & Schögler, B. (2011). The Psychobiology of Human Gesture: Inate rhythm, Harmony and Melody in Movements of Narration. In A., Gritten & E., King (eds.), New Perspectives on Music and Gesture. London: Routledge.
Delafield-Butt, J.T. (2010). Stereotypical movements. La Clinica Terapeutica 161, 487-488.
Delafield-Butt, J.T., Galler, A., Schögler, B., & Lee, D. N. (2010). A Perception-Action Strategy for Hummingbirds. Perception 39, 1172-1174.
Væver, M., Harder, S., Køppe, S., Hansen, G. J., Kvist, K., & Delafield-Butt, J. (2010). Vocal and motor co-regulation in early mother-infant interaction. Psyke og Logos, 31, 736-766.
Delafield-Butt, J.T. (2009). Containment and Reciprocity in Biological Systems: A putative psychophysical organising principle. In Dibben & Newton (Eds.) Applied Process Thought II. Frankfurt, Paris, Lancaster: Ontos Verlag.
Delafield-Butt, J.T. (2008). Biology. In M., Weber, J., Seibt, & N., Rescher (eds.), Handbook of Whiteheadian Process Thought. Frankfurt, Paris, Lancaster: Ontos Verlag.
Delafield-Butt, J.T. (2007). Towards a process ontology of organism: explaining behaviour in a cell. In T., Kelly, & M. Dibben (eds.), Applied Process Thought: Frontiers of Theory & Research, Frankfurt, Paris, Lancaster: Ontos Verlag
Delafield-Butt, J. T. & Schögler, B. (2007). The Ubiquitous Nature of Tau. In G-J., Pepping & M.A., Grealy (eds.), Closing the Gap: The scientific writings of David N. Lee. London and New Jersey: Erlbaum.
Trevarthen, C., Aitken, K., Nagy, E., Delafield-Butt, J., and Vandekerckhove, M. (2006). Collaborative Regulations of Vitality in Early Childhood: Stress in Intimate Relationships and Postnatal Psychopathology. In D., Cicchetti & D.J. Cohen (eds.), Developmental Psychopathology, New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Zaki, P.A., Martynoga, B., Delafield-Butt, J.T., & Price, D.J. (2005). Loss of Gli3 enhances viability of embryonic telencephalic cells in vitro. European Journal of Neuroscience, 22, 1547-1551.
Davis, A. J., Delafield-Butt, J. T., Walker, J. H., Moss, S. E., & Gawler, D. J. (1996). The Ca2+-dependent lipid binding domain of P120GAP mediates protein-protein interactions with Ca2+-dependent membrane-binding proteins. Evidence for a direct interaction between annexin VI and P120GAP. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 271, 24333-24336.
