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Are Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Initially Attuned to Object Function Rather than Shape for Word Learning?
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Field, Charlotte; Allen, Melissa L.; Lewis, Charlie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
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…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Vocabulary Development