Cunmei Jiang

Introduction Imitation is an essential aspect of skill development (Hurley & Chater, 2005). In the first few years of life, children rapidly learn new skills, such as the typical uses of certain things and the basics of their mother tongue. The rapid learning abilities of young children can be attributed, in part, to humans’ remarkable capacity to imitate what they see and hear (Tomasello et al., 1993).

INTRODUCTION Social communication difficulties are a hallmark symptom of autism spectrum disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), a core part of which is the lack of sophisticated understanding of nonverbal communicative functions, such as the perception of emotional cues (Trevisan & Birmingham, 2016).

Introduction Sleep is an important criterion reflecting the physical, mental, and social health of a person. The university stage is important in the development of individuals in their young adulthood, a critical period for gradual physical and mental maturation and the improvement of learning ability and general competence (Feldman, 2017).