Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder Can Use Language to Update Their Expectations about the World

Autor/inn/en	Fitch, Allison; Valadez, Annalisa; Ganea, Patricia A.; Carter, Alice S.; Kaldy, Zsuzsa
Titel	Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder Can Use Language to Update Their Expectations about the World
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49 (2019) 2, S.429-440 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Fitch, Allison)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-018-3706-7
Schlagwörter	Toddlers; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Verbal Ability; Linguistic Input; Eye Movements; Nonverbal Ability; Expectation; Language Usage + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Autismus; Mündliche Leistung; Sprachbildung; Augenbewegung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Sprachgebrauch
Abstract	This study examined if two-year-olds with ASD can update mental representations on the basis of verbal input. In an eye-tracking study, toddlers with ASD and typically-developing nonverbal age-matched controls were exposed to visual or verbal information about a change in a recently encoded scene, followed by an outcome that was either congruent or incongruent with that information. Findings revealed that both groups looked longer at incongruent outcomes, regardless of information modality, and despite the fact that toddlers with ASD had significantly lower measured verbal abilities than TD toddlers. This demonstrates that, although there is heterogeneity on the individual level, young toddlers with ASD can succeed in updating their mental representations on the basis of verbal input in a low-demand task. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01