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Botting, Nicola; Jones, Anna; Marshall, Chloe; Denmark, Tanya; Atkinson, Joanna; Morgan, Gary – Child Development, 2017
Studies have suggested that language and executive function (EF) are strongly associated. Indeed, the two are difficult to separate, and it is particularly difficult to determine whether one skill is more dependent on the other. Deafness provides a unique opportunity to disentangle these skills because in this case, language difficulties have a…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Language Impairments, Language Tests, Task Analysis
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Irwin, Julia R.; Tornatore, Lauren A.; Brancazio, Lawrence; Whalen, D. H. – Child Development, 2011
This study used eye-tracking methodology to assess audiovisual speech perception in 26 children ranging in age from 5 to 15 years, half with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and half with typical development. Given the characteristic reduction in gaze to the faces of others in children with ASD, it was hypothesized that they would show reduced…
Descriptors: Autism, Auditory Perception, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Eye Movements