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

Autor/inn/en	Field, Charlotte; Allen, Melissa L.; Lewis, Charlie
Titel	Are Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Initially Attuned to Object Function Rather than Shape for Word Learning?
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46 (2016) 4, S.1210-1219 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-015-2657-5
Schlagwörter	Children; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Vocabulary Development; Bias; Generalization; Child Language; Developmental Disabilities; Mental Age + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Autismus; Wortschatzarbeit; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Entwicklungsstörung; Geistige Beweglichkeit
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01