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How do social and associative cues facilitate language acquisition in TD children and children with ASD?

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Publication date5/09/2014
Host publicationBritish Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual 2014 Conference Abstracts
PublisherBritish Psychological Society
Pages101
Number of pages1
<mark>Original language</mark>English
Event2014 British Psychological Society, Developmental Section Annual Conference - Hotel Casa, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 3/05/20145/09/2014

Conference

Conference2014 British Psychological Society, Developmental Section Annual Conference
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Period3/05/145/09/14

Conference

Conference2014 British Psychological Society, Developmental Section Annual Conference
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Period3/05/145/09/14

Abstract

Objectives: Three studies investigated whether typically developing (TD) children, children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and children with other developmental disorders (DD) use social and associative cues to help them learn
words.
Method: Children (TD, N = 25; ASD, N = 24; DD, N = 14) viewed videos of a speaker naming an object while gazing and pointing (social video), an arrow or light highlighted the object (associative video) or a social and associative cue occurred towards different objects (conflicting video).
Results: Children with ASD used gaze at a later age than TD children. All children chose at chance with the conflicting video.
Conclusions: Word learning from social cues is delayed in ASD. Theoretical implications are discussed.