Journal article
Atypical Lexical/Semantic Processing in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders without Early Language Delay
Journal of autism and developmental disorders, v 37(6), pp 1116-1122
Jul 2007
PMID: 17080275
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Abstract
Although autism is associated with impaired language functions, the nature of semantic processing in high-functioning pervasive developmental disorders (HFPDD) without a history of early language delay has been debated. In this study, we aimed to examine whether the automatic lexical/semantic aspect of language is impaired or intact in these population. Eleven individuals with Asperger’s Disorder (AS) or HFPDD-Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) and age-, IQ-, and gender-matched typically developing individuals performed a semantic decision task in four conditions using an indirect priming paradigm. Semantic priming effects were found for near-semantically related word pairs in the controls, whereas this was not the case in the AS or HFPDDNOS participants. This finding suggests similarities in the underlying semantic processing of language across PDD subtypes.
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- Title
- Atypical Lexical/Semantic Processing in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders without Early Language Delay
- Creators
- Yoko Kamio - Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi, Kodaira 187-8553 Tokyo JapanDiana Robins - Department of Psychology Georgia State University Atlanta GA USAElizabeth Kelley - Department of Psychology University of Connecticut Storrs CT USABrook Swainson - Department of Psychology University of Connecticut Storrs CT USADeborah Fein - Department of Psychology University of Connecticut Storrs CT USA
- Publication Details
- Journal of autism and developmental disorders, v 37(6), pp 1116-1122
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; New York
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000247464300012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-34250857542
- Other Identifier
- 991014878649404721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Developmental