Use of Context in Pragmatic Language Comprehension by Children with Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism.

@article{citeulike:1412684, abstract = {Utilizing relevance theory, this study investigated the ability of children with Asperger syndrome (AS) and high-functioning autism (HFA) to use context when answering questions and when giving explanations for their correct answers. Three groups participated in this study: younger AS/HFA group (age 7-9, n = 16), older AS/HFA group (age 10-12, n = 23) and a normally functioning control group (age 7-9, n = 23). The results indicated that the younger AS/HFA group did less well when answering contextually demanding questions compared to the control group, and the performance of the older AS/HFA group fell in between the younger AS/HFA group and the control group. Both AS/HFA groups had difficulties explaining their correct answers, suggesting that they are not always aware of how they have derived answers from the context.}, address = {Department of Finnish, Information Studies and Logopedics, University of Oulu, PO Box 1000, FIN-90014, Oulu, Finland.}, author = {Loukusa, Soile and Leinonen, Eeva and Kuusikko, Sanna and Jussila, Katja and Mattila, Marja-Leena L. and Ryder, Nuala and Ebeling, Hanna and Moilanen, Irma }, citeulike-article-id = {1412684}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0247-2}, issn = {0162-3257}, journal = {J Autism Dev Disord}, keywords = {autism, language, reasoning}, month = {October}, posted-at = {2007-08-29 03:30:13}, priority = {5}, title = {Use of Context in Pragmatic Language Comprehension by Children with Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0247-2}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1412684 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1412684 TI - Use of Context in Pragmatic Language Comprehension by Children with Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism. JF - J Autism Dev Disord AD - Department of Finnish, Information Studies and Logopedics, University of Oulu, PO Box 1000, FIN-90014, Oulu, Finland. SN - 0162-3257 N2 - Utilizing relevance theory, this study investigated the ability of children with Asperger syndrome (AS) and high-functioning autism (HFA) to use context when answering questions and when giving explanations for their correct answers. Three groups participated in this study: younger AS/HFA group (age 7-9, n = 16), older AS/HFA group (age 10-12, n = 23) and a normally functioning control group (age 7-9, n = 23). The results indicated that the younger AS/HFA group did less well when answering contextually demanding questions compared to the control group, and the performance of the older AS/HFA group fell in between the younger AS/HFA group and the control group. Both AS/HFA groups had difficulties explaining their correct answers, suggesting that they are not always aware of how they have derived answers from the context. KW - autism KW - language KW - reasoning AU - Loukusa, Soile AU - Leinonen, Eeva AU - Kuusikko, Sanna AU - Jussila, Katja AU - Mattila, Marja-Leena AU - Ryder, Nuala AU - Ebeling, Hanna AU - Moilanen, Irma PY - 2006/10/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0247-2 ER -