About this episode

The episode explores the connections between button-trained dogs, the Clever Hans phenomenon, and facilitated communication in nonverbal individuals.

What do button-trained dogs, a German horse, and nonverbal disabled people have in common? Cards: This Documentary is Actually Dangerous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glhXOHpBoMk Sources: How do soundboard-trained dogs respond to human button presses? An investigation into word comprehension: https://tinyurl.com/28gpwj8v The “Clever Hans Phenomenon” revisited: https://tinyurl.com/26zb7vmc Barnum effect: https://tinyurl.com/gs77vnl Soundboard-trained dogs produce non-accidental, non-random and non-imitative two-button combinations: https://tinyurl.com/2ccfukyh Facilitated Communication, Neurodiversity, and Human Rights: https://tinyurl.com/2ytq4svk Systematic review of facilitated communication 2014–2018 finds no new evidence that messages delivered using facilitated communication are authored by the person with disability: https://tinyurl.com/2brv58ur Facilitated Communication and Authorship: A Systematic Review: https://tinyurl.com/2ykrp2u2 Relations between language, non-verbal cognition, and conceptualization in non- or minimally verbal individuals with ASD across the lifespan: https://tinyurl.com/2yvj7qda Become a supporter of this podcast…

People in this episode

Host: Viced Rhino

Topics covered

• button-trained dogs
• Clever Hans phenomenon
• facilitated communication
• neurodiversity
• human rights
• nonverbal communication

Keywords

• button-trained dogs
• Clever Hans
• facilitated communication
• neurodiversity
• human rights
• nonverbal cognition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CAN

Books & works: This Documentary is Actually Dangerous, Facilitated Communication, Neurodiversity, and Human Rights, Systematic review of facilitated communication 2014–2018 finds no new evidence that messages delivered using facilitated communication are authored by the person with disability, Facilitated Communication and Authorship: A Systematic Review, Relations between language, non-verbal cognition, and conceptualization in non- or minimally verbal individuals with ASD across the lifespan

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