Are Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Initially Attuned to Object Function Rather Than Shape for Word Learning?

We investigate the function bias-generalising words to objects with the same function-in typically developing (TD) children, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and children with other developmental disorders. Across four trials, a novel object was named and its function was described and d...

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Publicado en:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 1210 - 1220
Autores principales: Field, Charlotte, Allen, Melissa, Lewis, Charlie
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2016
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          Autism Spectrum Disorder
          Language Development
          Developmental Disabilities
          Task Performance and Analysis
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          One-Way Analysis of Variance
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      ab: We investigate the function bias-generalising words to objects with the same function-in typically developing (TD) children, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and children with other developmental disorders. Across four trials, a novel object was named and its function was described and demonstrated. Children then selected the other referent from a shape match (same shape, different function) and function match (same function, different shape) object. TD children and children with ASD were 'function biased', although further investigation established that having a higher VMA facilitated function bias understanding in TD children, but having a lower VMA facilitated function bias understanding in children with ASD. This suggests that children with ASD are initially attuned to object function, not shape.
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