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Sobh Chahboun

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Sobh Chahboun

Department of Education and Lifelong Learning

sobh.chahboun@ntnu.no
+4747726777 Paviljong A Dragvoll, Trondheim
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Publications

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2025

  • Chahboun, Sobh. (2025) Transformasjon i diagnosen autisme: Virkningen av å endre diagnostiske kriterier fra et internasjonalt og marokkansk perspektiv. Achamal 2000
    Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Page, Alexander Gamst; Chahboun, Sobh. (2025) The Instrumental Use of Incorporation Philosophies in a Multicultural Norway. Becoming Norwegian or Running in Place?. Routledge
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Egeland-Eriksen, Siv; Bjørkøy, Ingrid; Pettersen, Marit; Chahboun, Sobh. (2025) Breaking the silence: Norwegian teachers’ perspectives on adapting language environments for AAC users. Frontiers in Education
    Academic article
  • Lehn, Elisabeth Walsøe; Chahboun, Sobh. (2025) Breaking taboos! From silence to support: understanding children’s sexuality in early childhood pedagogical practice. Frontiers in Education
    Academic article

2024

  • Chahboun, Sobh; Kristine Tyldum, Lefstad; Pettersen, Marit; Åmot, Ingvild; Thwala, S`lungile. (2024) Building Bridges! Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Transition from Kindergarten to School – A Scoping Review. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
    Academic literature review
  • Chahboun, Sobh; Wahl, Hilde Terese; Zwart-Langner, Jana van der; Vaags, Agnete. (2024) Developmental language disorders and special educational needs: consideration of inclusion in the Norwegian school context. Frontiers in Education
    Academic article
  • Lindhardt, Celina; Fredriksen, Katrine Lyngvær; Page, Alexander Gamst; Chahboun, Sobh. (2024) Autismespekterforstyrrelser: forståelser og konsekvenser for praksis. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Page, Alexander Gamst; Chahboun, Sobh. (2024) The presentation and self-presentation of mosques in Norwegian mediascapes: construction of ‘the good ones’. Culture and Religion
    Academic article
  • Page, Alexander Gamst; Chahboun, Sobh. (2024) Perspective Chapter: Myths of the Child Welfare Services – An Online Bogeyman for Muslim Families. IntechOpen
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2023

  • Lehn, Elisabeth Walsøe; Chahboun, Sobh; Page, Alexander Gamst. (2023) Purity or perversion? from taboo to fact: kindergarten teachers’ reflections on age-normal sexuality. Frontiers in Psychology
    Academic article

2022

  • Chahboun, Sobh; Stenseng, Frode; Page, Alexander Gamst. (2022) The changing faces of autism: The fluctuating international diagnostic criteria and the resulting inclusion and exclusion—A Norwegian perspective. Frontiers in Psychiatry
    Academic literature review
  • Gunnestad, Arve; Mørreaunet, Sissel; Chahboun, Sobh; Pearson, Jolene. (2022) Values in Early Childhood Education (ECE): A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study of Values for ECE Expressed in Policy Documents. ECNU Review of Education
    Academic article
  • Callizo-Romero, Carmen; Tutnjević, Slavica; Pandza, Maja; Ouellet, Marc; Kranjec, Alexander; Ilić, Sladjana. (2022) Does time extend asymmetrically into the past and the future? A multitask crosscultural study. Language and Cognition
    Academic article

2021

  • Chahboun, Sobh; Kvello, Øyvind; Page, Alexander. (2021) Extending the field of extended language: A literature review on figurative language processing in neurodevelopmental disorders. Frontiers in Communication
    Academic literature review

2020

  • Callizo-Romero, Carmen; Tutnjević, Slavica; Pandza, Maja; Ouellet, Marc; Kranjec, Alexander; Ilić, Sladjana. (2020) Temporal focus and time spatialization across cultures. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
    Academic article

2019

  • Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Chahboun, Sobh; Galindo-Prieto, Beatriz; Vulchanov, Valentin. (2019) Gaze and Motor Traces of Language Processing: Evidence from Autism Spectrum Disorders in Comparison to Typical Controls. Cognitive Neuropsychology
    Academic article
  • Page, Alexander Gamst; Chahboun, Sobh. (2019) Emerging empowerment of international students: how international student literature has shifted to include the students’ voices. Higher Education
    Academic article

2017

  • Chahboun, Sobh. (2017) FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PROCESSING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN TYPICALLY DEVELOPING INDIVIDUALS AND HIGHLY VERBAL INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM. NTNU
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Chahboun, Sobh; Flumini, Andrea; Perez Gonzalez, Carmen; McManus, Chris; Santiago, Julio. (2017) Reading and writing direction effects on the aesthetic perception of photographs. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition
    Academic article
  • Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2017) Can you tell it by the prime: A study of metaphorical priming in high-functioning autism in comparison with matched controls. International journal of language and communication disorders
    Academic article
  • Page, Alexander Gamst; Chris, McManus; González, Carmen P.; Chahboun, Sobh. (2017) Is Beauty in the Hand of the Writer? Influences of Aesthetic Preferences through Script Directions, Cultural, and Neurological Factors: A Literature Review. Frontiers in Psychology
    Academic literature review

2016

  • Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2016) Can you play with fire and not hurt yourself? A Comparative study in figurative language comprehension between individuals with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. PLOS ONE
    Academic article
  • Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2016) Predictors of metaphorical understanding in high functioning autism. Lingue e linguaggio
    Academic article

2015

  • Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Saldaña, David; Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin. (2015) Figurative language processing in atypical populations: The ASD perspective. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
    Academic literature review

2014

  • Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Chahboun, Sobh; Voss, Friederike Ingeborg. (2014) The traps of communication. Pan European Networks: Science & Technology
    Popular scientific article

Journal publications

  • Chahboun, Sobh. (2025) Transformasjon i diagnosen autisme: Virkningen av å endre diagnostiske kriterier fra et internasjonalt og marokkansk perspektiv. Achamal 2000
    Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Egeland-Eriksen, Siv; Bjørkøy, Ingrid; Pettersen, Marit; Chahboun, Sobh. (2025) Breaking the silence: Norwegian teachers’ perspectives on adapting language environments for AAC users. Frontiers in Education
    Academic article
  • Lehn, Elisabeth Walsøe; Chahboun, Sobh. (2025) Breaking taboos! From silence to support: understanding children’s sexuality in early childhood pedagogical practice. Frontiers in Education
    Academic article
  • Chahboun, Sobh; Kristine Tyldum, Lefstad; Pettersen, Marit; Åmot, Ingvild; Thwala, S`lungile. (2024) Building Bridges! Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Transition from Kindergarten to School – A Scoping Review. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
    Academic literature review
  • Chahboun, Sobh; Wahl, Hilde Terese; Zwart-Langner, Jana van der; Vaags, Agnete. (2024) Developmental language disorders and special educational needs: consideration of inclusion in the Norwegian school context. Frontiers in Education
    Academic article
  • Page, Alexander Gamst; Chahboun, Sobh. (2024) The presentation and self-presentation of mosques in Norwegian mediascapes: construction of ‘the good ones’. Culture and Religion
    Academic article
  • Lehn, Elisabeth Walsøe; Chahboun, Sobh; Page, Alexander Gamst. (2023) Purity or perversion? from taboo to fact: kindergarten teachers’ reflections on age-normal sexuality. Frontiers in Psychology
    Academic article
  • Chahboun, Sobh; Stenseng, Frode; Page, Alexander Gamst. (2022) The changing faces of autism: The fluctuating international diagnostic criteria and the resulting inclusion and exclusion—A Norwegian perspective. Frontiers in Psychiatry
    Academic literature review
  • Gunnestad, Arve; Mørreaunet, Sissel; Chahboun, Sobh; Pearson, Jolene. (2022) Values in Early Childhood Education (ECE): A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study of Values for ECE Expressed in Policy Documents. ECNU Review of Education
    Academic article
  • Callizo-Romero, Carmen; Tutnjević, Slavica; Pandza, Maja; Ouellet, Marc; Kranjec, Alexander; Ilić, Sladjana. (2022) Does time extend asymmetrically into the past and the future? A multitask crosscultural study. Language and Cognition
    Academic article
  • Chahboun, Sobh; Kvello, Øyvind; Page, Alexander. (2021) Extending the field of extended language: A literature review on figurative language processing in neurodevelopmental disorders. Frontiers in Communication
    Academic literature review
  • Callizo-Romero, Carmen; Tutnjević, Slavica; Pandza, Maja; Ouellet, Marc; Kranjec, Alexander; Ilić, Sladjana. (2020) Temporal focus and time spatialization across cultures. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
    Academic article
  • Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Chahboun, Sobh; Galindo-Prieto, Beatriz; Vulchanov, Valentin. (2019) Gaze and Motor Traces of Language Processing: Evidence from Autism Spectrum Disorders in Comparison to Typical Controls. Cognitive Neuropsychology
    Academic article
  • Page, Alexander Gamst; Chahboun, Sobh. (2019) Emerging empowerment of international students: how international student literature has shifted to include the students’ voices. Higher Education
    Academic article
  • Chahboun, Sobh; Flumini, Andrea; Perez Gonzalez, Carmen; McManus, Chris; Santiago, Julio. (2017) Reading and writing direction effects on the aesthetic perception of photographs. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition
    Academic article
  • Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2017) Can you tell it by the prime: A study of metaphorical priming in high-functioning autism in comparison with matched controls. International journal of language and communication disorders
    Academic article
  • Page, Alexander Gamst; Chris, McManus; González, Carmen P.; Chahboun, Sobh. (2017) Is Beauty in the Hand of the Writer? Influences of Aesthetic Preferences through Script Directions, Cultural, and Neurological Factors: A Literature Review. Frontiers in Psychology
    Academic literature review
  • Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2016) Can you play with fire and not hurt yourself? A Comparative study in figurative language comprehension between individuals with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. PLOS ONE
    Academic article
  • Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2016) Predictors of metaphorical understanding in high functioning autism. Lingue e linguaggio
    Academic article
  • Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Saldaña, David; Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin. (2015) Figurative language processing in atypical populations: The ASD perspective. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
    Academic literature review
  • Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Chahboun, Sobh; Voss, Friederike Ingeborg. (2014) The traps of communication. Pan European Networks: Science & Technology
    Popular scientific article

Part of book/report

  • Page, Alexander Gamst; Chahboun, Sobh. (2025) The Instrumental Use of Incorporation Philosophies in a Multicultural Norway. Becoming Norwegian or Running in Place?. Routledge
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Lindhardt, Celina; Fredriksen, Katrine Lyngvær; Page, Alexander Gamst; Chahboun, Sobh. (2024) Autismespekterforstyrrelser: forståelser og konsekvenser for praksis. Universitetsforlaget
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Page, Alexander Gamst; Chahboun, Sobh. (2024) Perspective Chapter: Myths of the Child Welfare Services – An Online Bogeyman for Muslim Families. IntechOpen
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Chahboun, Sobh. (2017) FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PROCESSING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN TYPICALLY DEVELOPING INDIVIDUALS AND HIGHLY VERBAL INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM. NTNU
    Doctoral dissertation

Teaching

Courses

  • PED3045 - Sentrale arbeidsoppgaver i det spesialpedagogiske støttesystemet

Outreach

2024

  • Academic lecture
    Lehn, Elisabeth Walsøe; Chahboun, Sobh. (2024) Are kindergarten teachers ready to accept that even small children have a sexuality? . Oslomet Childlife 2024 , Oslo 2024-09-23 - 2024-09-25

2015

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Foyn, Camilla Hellum; Eshuis, Rik; Voß, Friederike; Chahboun, Sobh; Bochynska, Agata; Havas, Viktoria. (2015) Språk: Mat for tanken?. NTNU Researchers' Night 2015 , Trondheim 2015-09-25 - 2015-09-25
  • Lecture
    Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2015) Contextual and visual cues in the interpretation of idioms in high functioning autism. University of Eat Anglia, Norwich, UK Language and Perception: Theoretical Connections and Foundations (training school), University of Eat Anglia, Norwich, UK 2015-02-05 - 2015-02-06
  • Academic lecture
    Chahboun, Sobh. (2015) Investigación: Lenguaje y percepción en el síndrome de Asperger. Curso de Extensión Universitaria Síndrome de Asperger: Un Acercamiento Interdisciplinar. Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Spain 2015-03-21 - 2015-03-21
  • Lecture
    Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2015) Metaphorical priming in a lexical decision task in high functioning autism. Neurophysiological Methods for Language and Perception (training course), University of Saarbrücken, Germany 2015-05-20 - 2015-05-22
  • Poster
    Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2015) Methaphorical priming in a lexical decision task in high functioning autism. Donders discussions 2015 2015-11-05 - 2015-11-06
  • Lecture
    Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2015) Methaphorical priming in a lexical decision task in high functioning autism. The Fifth Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC 5), NTNU, Norway. 2015-08-19 - 2015-08-21
  • Lecture
    Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2015) Metaphorical priming in a lexical decision task in high functioning autism. Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy NetWordS 2015: Word Knowledge and Word Usage Representations and Processes in the Mental Lexicon, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy 2015-03-30 - 2015-04-01
  • Interview
    Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Lervik, Nora. (2015) Vil hjelpe autister å forstå billedspråk. NRK - Viten NRK - Viten [Internet] 2015-08-12
  • Interview
    Chahboun, Sobh; Bazilchuk, Nancy Reney; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2015) Language and perception in children with autism. Gemini Gemini [Business/trade/industry journal] 2015-08-03
  • Lecture
    Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2015) Metaphorical priming in a lexical decision task in high functioning autism. Language and Perception Conference, Trondheim, Norway 2015-05-14 - 2015-05-15

2014

  • Academic lecture
    Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David. (2014) Contextual and visual cues in the interpretation of idioms in high functioning autism. Neuron Cell Symposia: Translational Neuroscience , Arlington, Virginia 2014-11-13 - 2014-11-14
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Vulchanov, Valentin; Nilsen, Randi Alice; Foyn, Camilla Hellum; Chahboun, Sobh. (2014) Språkforståelse og -misforståelse. NTNU Researchers' Night , Trondheim 2014-09-26 - 2014-09-26
  • Poster
    Chahboun, Sobh; Voß, Friederike; Foyn, Camilla Hellum; Tveit, Håvard. (2014) Eye Tracking Methodology. NTNU Researchers' Night 2014, NTNU, Norway 2014-09-26 - 2014-09-26
  • Poster
    Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Eshuis, Rik; Saldaña, David; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2014) Contextual and visual cues in the interpretation of idioms in high functioning autism. NTNU Researchers' Night 2014, NTNU, Norway 2014-09-26 - 2014-09-26
  • Poster
    Micai, Martina; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Chahboun, Sobh; Saldaña, David. (2014) Can targeted instructions change the reading strategy of children with ASD? An EyeLink study. Cell Symposia: Translational Neuroscience 2014, Arlington, USA 2014-11-13 - 2014-11-14
  • Poster
    Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Eshuis, Rik; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2014) Contextual and visual cues in the interpretation of idioms in high functioning autism. ICPS: International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2014-03-12 - 2014-03-14
  • Lecture
    Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David. (2014) The processing of figurative (indirect) language and pragmatic inferencing from visual context in typical and atypical language . Tobii Technology: LanPercept Workshop (midway evaluation), Stockholm, Sweden. 2014-10-27 - 2014-10-28

2013

  • Poster
    Chahboun, Sobh; Vulchanov, Valentin; Saldaña, David; Vulchanova, Mila Dimitrova. (2013) The processing of figurative (indirect) language and pragmatic inferencing from visual context in typical and atypical language. University of Seville Cognition and Language in Developmental Disorders Workshop, University of Seville, Spain. , University of Seville 2013-11-21 - 2013-11-22

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