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O'Rourke, Emme; Coderre, Emily L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
While many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience difficulties with language processing, non-linguistic semantic processing may be intact. We examined neural responses to an implicit semantic priming task by comparing N400 responses--an event-related potential related to semantic processing--in response to semantically related…
Descriptors: Semantics, Language Processing, Adults, Autism
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Riches, N. G.; Loucas, T.; Baird, G.; Charman, T.; Simonoff, E. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
According to the weak central coherence (CC) account individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) exhibit enhanced local processing and weak part-whole integration. CC was investigated in the verbal domain. Adolescents, recruited using a 2 (ASD status) by 2 (language impairment status) design, completed an aural forced choice comprehension…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Syntax, Ambiguity (Semantics)