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Brief Report: Further Evidence for a Link Between Inner Speech Limitations and Executive Function in High-Functioning Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Auteurs: Suzanna N. Russell-Smith, Bronwynn J. E. Comerford, Murray T. Maybery, Andrew J. O. Whitehouse

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 5/2014

Abstract

This study investigated the involvement of inner speech limitations in the executive dysfunction associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Seventeen children with ASD and 18 controls, statistically-matched in age and IQ, performed a computer-based card sorting test (CST) to assess cognitive flexibility under four conditions: baseline, with articulatory suppression, with a concurrent mouthing task, and while verbalizing their strategies aloud. Articulatory suppression adversely affected CST performance for the control group but not the ASD group. The results additionally showed that overtly verbalizing strategies did not benefit the ASD children as it did the typically developing children. The findings thus provide further evidence that ASD children do not use inner speech to the same extent, or with the same effectiveness, as typically developing children when performing executive tasks.

vorige artikel Brief Report: Fathers’ and Mothers’ Ratings of Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

volgende artikel A Randomized Trial Comparison of the Effects of Verbal and Pictorial Naturalistic Communication Strategies on Spoken Language for Young Children with Autism

The correlations between verbal ability and mean CST scores, rather than individual dual-task conditions, were considered to be more meaningful here since the scores for the single conditions were influenced substantially by order.

Correlational analyses indicated that in the combined sample, mean perseverative errors (calculated across the four interference conditions) significantly decreased with age (r[33] = −.40, p = .02). .

Administration order of the conditions was again entered as a between-subjects factor in this set of analyses.

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Titel: Brief Report: Further Evidence for a Link Between Inner Speech Limitations and Executive Function in High-Functioning Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Auteurs: Suzanna N. Russell-Smith
Bronwynn J. E. Comerford
Murray T. Maybery
Andrew J. O. Whitehouse
Publicatiedatum: 01-05-2014
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 5/2014
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1975-8

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