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Conversational Latency in Autistic Children with Heterogeneous Spoken Language Abilities
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Lue Shen; Anfeng Xu; Lindsay K. Butler; Karen Chenausky; Marc Maffei; Shrikanth Narayanan; Helen Tager-Flusberg – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: Conversational latency entails the temporal feature of turn-taking, which is understudied in autistic children. The current study investigated the influences of child-based and parental factors on conversational latency in autistic children with heterogeneous spoken language abilities. Method: Participants were 46 autistic children aged…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Dialogs (Language), Language Skills
Resting Frontal Gamma Power Is Associated with Both Expressive Language and Non-Verbal Cognitive Abilities in Young Autistic Children
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Cora E. Mukerji; John S. Wilson III; Carol L. Wilkinson; Manon A. Krol; Charles A. Nelson; Helen Tager-Flusberg – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Previous research links resting frontal gamma power to key developmental outcomes in young neurotypical (NT) children and infants at risk for language impairment. However, it remains unclear whether gamma power is specifically associated with language or with more general cognitive abilities among young children diagnosed with autism spectrum…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Language Impairments, Neurological Impairments, Young Children
Intervention Factors Associated with Efficacy, When Targeting Oral Language Comprehension of Children with or at Risk for (Developmental) Language Disorder: A Meta-Analysis
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Sirpa Tarvainen; Pauline Frizelle; Hanna Granroth-Wilding; Suvi Stolt; Kaisa Launonen – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Language interventions are complex behavioural interventions, making it difficult to distinguish the specific factors contributing to efficacy. The efficacy of oral language comprehension interventions varies greatly, but the reasons for this have received little attention. Aims: The aim of this meta-analysis was to examine which…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Language Impairments, Communication Disorders
Third Language English Performance at the Onset of Schooling: Effects of Bilingualism and Exposure in Catalan-Spanish Bilingual Children
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Adriana Soto-Corominas; Marta Segura; Helena Roquet; Noelia Navarro; Yagmur Elif Met – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
Research on the effects of bilingualism on third language (L3) development set in bilingual communities is scarce, outdated, and has provided mixed results. This study investigated the effects of exposure and age of onset of acquisition (AOA) of L3-English, as well as first and second language (L1/L2) skills and use, in the development of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spanish, Romance Languages, Bilingualism