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24-08-2022 | Original Paper

Atypical Semantic Fluency and Recall in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders Associated with Autism Symptoms and Adaptive Functioning

Auteurs: Malene Foldager, Martin Vestergaard, Jonathan Lassen, Lea S. Petersen, Bob Oranje, Bodil Aggernaes, Erik Simonsen

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 11/2023

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Abstract

It is unclear whether children with autism spectrum disorders have atypical semantic fluency and lower memory for the semantics of words. Therefore, we examined semantic typicality, fluency and recall for the categories of fruits and animals in 60 children with autism aged 7–15 years (boys: 48/girls: 12) compared to 60 typically developing controls. Relative to controls, the autism group had reduced animal fluency, fruit typicality and recall for fruits. Notably, these measures were associated with more autistic-like symptoms and/or lower adaptive functioning across the autism and control groups. In conclusion, atypical semantics of fruits in the autism group may reflect development of idiosyncratic semantic networks while their lower semantic fluency and recall suggest impaired executive language functions.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Atypical Semantic Fluency and Recall in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders Associated with Autism Symptoms and Adaptive Functioning
Auteurs
Malene Foldager
Martin Vestergaard
Jonathan Lassen
Lea S. Petersen
Bob Oranje
Bodil Aggernaes
Erik Simonsen
Publicatiedatum
24-08-2022
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 11/2023
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05677-x

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