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Kathryn E. Prescott; Kimberly Crespo; Susan Ellis Weismer – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
"Purpose:" ASD is associated with relative strengths in the visuospatial domain but varying abilities in the linguistic domain. Previous studies suggest parallels between spatial language and spatial cognition in older autistic individuals, but no research to date has examined this relationship in young autistic children. Therefore, the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Spatial Ability, Cognitive Ability
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Breanne D. Yerkes; Christina M. Vanden Bosch der Nederlanden; Julie F. Beasley; Erin E. Hannon; Joel S. Snyder – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Purpose: Processing real-world sounds requires acoustic and higher-order semantic information. We tested the theory that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show enhanced processing of acoustic features and impaired processing of semantic information. Methods: We used a change deafness task that required detection of speech and…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Semantics, Language Processing, Auditory Perception
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Erin S. M. Matsuba; Beth A. Prieve; Emily Cary; Devon Pacheco; Angela Madrid; Elizabeth McKernan; Elizabeth Kaplan-Kahn; Natalie Russo – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This study characterizes the subcortical auditory brainstem response (speech-ABR) and cortical auditory processing (P1 and Mismatch Negativity; MMN) to speech sounds and their relationship to autistic traits and sensory features within the same group of autistic children (n = 10) matched on age and non-verbal IQ to their typically developing (TD)…
Descriptors: Correlation, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Language Processing