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Arnold, Jennifer E.; Bennetto, Loisa; Diehl, Joshua J. – Cognition, 2009
We examine the referential choices (pronouns/zeros vs. names/descriptions) made during a narrative by high-functioning children and adolescents with autism and a well-matched typically developing control group. The process of choosing appropriate referring expressions has been proposed to depend on two areas of cognitive functioning: (a) judging…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Autism, Memory, Interpersonal Communication
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Brock, Jon; Norbury, Courtenay; Einav, Shiri; Nation, Kate – Cognition, 2008
It is widely argued that people with autism have difficulty processing ambiguous linguistic information in context. To investigate this claim, we recorded the eye-movements of 24 adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and 24 language-matched peers as they monitored spoken sentences for words corresponding to objects on a computer display.…
Descriptors: Sentences, Form Classes (Languages), Autism, Computers