Top

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Gepubliceerd in:

25-07-2017 | Original Paper

Do Verbal Children with Autism Comprehend Gesture as Readily as Typically Developing Children?

Auteurs: Nevena Dimitrova, Şeyda Özçalışkan, Lauren B. Adamson

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 10/2017

Abstract

Gesture comprehension remains understudied, particularly in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have difficulties in gesture production. Using a novel gesture comprehension task, Study 1 examined how 2- to 4-year-old typically-developing (TD) children comprehend types of gestures and gesture–speech combinations, and showed better comprehension of deictic gestures and reinforcing gesture–speech combinations than iconic/conventional gestures and supplementary gesture–speech combinations at each age. Study 2 compared verbal children with ASD to TD children, comparable in receptive language ability, and showed similar patterns of comprehension in each group. Our results suggest that children comprehend deictic gestures and reinforcing gesture–speech combinations better than iconic/conventional gestures and supplementary combinations—a pattern that remains robust across different ages within TD children and children with ASD.

vorige artikel The Broader Autism Phenotype in Mothers is Associated with Increased Discordance Between Maternal-Reported and Clinician-Observed Instruments that Measure Child Autism Spectrum Disorder

volgende artikel Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Autism Stigma and Knowledge Questionnaire (ASK-Q)

Ages are reported in years; months.

Three-year-olds showed comprehension above chance for each gesture type (deictic: t(14) = 7.21, p ≤ .001, conventional: t(14) = 3.42, p = .004, iconic: t(14) = 3.66, p = .003) and each communicative modality (speech: t(14) = 7.72, p ≤ .001, gesture-only: t(14) = 4.90, p ≤ .001, reinforcing gesture + speech: t(14) = 5.02, p ≤ .001, supplementary gesture + speech: t(14) = 4.16, p = .001). The same pattern was found for 4-year olds, for both gesture types (deictic: t(12) = 14.51, p ≤ .001, conventional: t(12) = 7.40, p ≤ .001, iconic: t(12) = 8.65, p ≤ .001) and communicative modalities (speech: t(12) = 6.60, p ≤ .001, gesture-only: t(12) = 17.52, p ≤ .001, reinforcing gesture + speech: t(12) = 11.61, p ≤ .001, supplementary gesture + speech: t(12) = 4.38, p = .001).

We originally tested 48 children with ASD but had to exclude 18 of them because their score on the PPVT was outside the range of receptive language abilities for the 41 TD children (i.e., they were nonverbal or already producing complex speech, n = 9) or they did not complete the comprehension task (n = 9).

The pattern of findings remained unchanged in analysis that excluded these two children from the ASD sample.

Adamson, L. B., Bakeman, R., & Deckner, D. F. (2004). The development of symbol-infused joint engagement. Child Development, 75, 1171–1187. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00732.x.CrossRefPubMed

Adamson, L. B., Bakeman, R., Deckner, D. F., & Romski, M. A. (2009). Joint engagement and the emergence of language in children with autism and Down syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39, 84–96. doi:10.1007/s10803-008-0601-7.CrossRefPubMed

American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed., text revision). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.

Baranek, G. T. (1999). Autism during infancy: A retrospective video analysis of sensory-motor and social behaviors at 9–12 months of age. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 29, 213–224. doi:10.1023/A:1023080005650.CrossRefPubMed

Bates, E. (1976). Language and context: The acquisition of pragmatics. New York: Academic Press.

Bates, E., Benigni, L., Bretherton, I., Camaioni, L., & Volterra, V. (1979). The emergence of symbols: Cognition and communication in infancy. New York: Academic Press.

Behne, T., Liszkowski, U., Carpenter, M., & Tomasello, M. (2012). Twelve-month-olds’ comprehension and production of pointing. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 30, 359–375. doi:10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02043.x.CrossRefPubMed

Butcher, C., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2000). Gesture and the transition from one- to two-word speech: When hand and mouth come together. In D. McNeill (Ed.), Language and gesture (pp. 235–257). New York: Cambridge University Press.CrossRef

Camaioni, L., Perucchini, P., Muratori, F., & Milone, A. (1997). Brief report: A longitudinal examination of the communicative gestures deficit in young children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 27, 125–715. doi:10.1023/A:1025858917000.CrossRef

Camaioni, L., Perucchini, P., Muratori, F., Parrini, B., & Cesari, A. (2003). The communicative use of pointing in autism: Developmental profile and factors related to change. European Psychiatry, 18, 6–12. doi:10.1016/S0924-9338(02)00013-5.CrossRefPubMed

Carpenter, M., Nagell, K., Tomasello, M., Butterworth, G., & Moore, C. (1998). Social cognition, joint attention and communicative competence from 9 to 15 months of age. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 63(4), 1–166. doi:10.2307/1166214.CrossRef

Constantino, J. N., & Gruber, C. P. (2005). Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS). Los Angeles: Western Psychological Services.

Dale, P. S., & Fenson, L. (1996). Lexical development norms for young children. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 28(1), 125–127. doi:10.3758/BF03203646.CrossRef

Dunn, L., & Dunn, D. (2007). PPVT-4, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test manual (4th ed.). Minneapolis, MN: Pearson Assessments.

Greenfield, P., & Smith, J. (1976). The structure of communication in early language development. New York: Academic Press.

Hobson, R. P., García-Pérez, R. M., & Lee, A. (2010). Person-centred (deictic) expressions and autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40(4), 403–415. doi:10.1007/s10803-009-0882-5.CrossRefPubMed

Hodges, L., Özçalışkan, S., & Williamson, R. (2017). Types of iconicity influences children’s comprehension of gesture. Manuscript under review.

Hodges, L., Özçalışkan, S., & Williamson, R. (2015). How early do children understand different types of iconicity in gesture? Proceedings of the 39th Boston University Conference on Language Development. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Hubbard, A. L., McNealy, K., Scott-Van Zeeland, A. A., Callan, D. E., Bookheimer, S. Y., & Dapretto, M. (2012). Altered integration of speech and gesture in children with autism spectrum disorders. Brain and Behavior, 2, 606–619. doi:10.1002/brb3.81.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Hudry, K., Leadbitter, K., Temple, K., Slonims, V., McConachie, H., Aldred, C., … & Charman, T. (2010). Preschoolers with autism show greater impairment in receptive compared with expressive language abilities. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 45(6), 681–690. doi:10.3109/13682820903461493.CrossRef

Iverson, J. M., Capirci, O., & Caselli, M. C. (1994). From communication to language in two modalities. Cognitive Development, 9, 23–43. doi:10.1016/0885-2014(94)90018-3.CrossRef

Iverson, J. M., Capirci, O., Longobardi, E., & Caselli, M. C. (1999). Gesturing in mother-child interactions. Cognitive Development, 14, 57–75. doi:10.1016/S0885-2014(99)80018-5.CrossRef

LeBarton, E. S., Goldin-Meadow, S., & Raudenbush, S. (2015). Experimentally induced increases in early gesture lead to increases in spoken vocabulary. Journal of Cognition and Development, 16(2), 199–220. doi:10.1080/15248372.2013.858041.CrossRefPubMed

Lord, C., Rutter, M., DiLavore, P. C., Risi, S., Gotham, K., & Bishop, S. L. (2012). Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Ed., (ADOS-2) Manual (Part 1): Modules 1–4. Torrance, CA: Western Psychological Services.

McNeill, D. (1992). Hand and mind: What gestures reveal about thought. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Mervis, C. B., & Klein-Tasman, B. P. (2004). Methodological issues in group-matching designs: Alpha levels for control variable comparisons and measurement characteristics of control and target variables: Research methodology-matching. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34, 7–17. doi:10.1023/B:JADD.0000018069.69562.b8.CrossRefPubMed

Morford, M., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (1992). Comprehension and production of gesture in combination with speech in one-word speakers. Journal of Child Language, 19, 559–580. doi:10.1017/S0305000900011569.CrossRefPubMed

Mundy, P., Delgado, C., Block, J., Venezia, M., Hogan, A., & Seibert, J. (2003). A manual for the Abridged Early Social Communication Scales (ESCS). University of Miami Psychology Department, Coral Gables, Florida.

Mundy, P., Sigman, M., & Kasari, C. (1990). A longitudinal study of joint attention and language development in autistic children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 20(1), 115–128. doi:10.1007/BF02206861.CrossRefPubMed

Mundy, P., Sigman, M. D., Ungerer, J., & Sherman, T. (1986). Defining the social deficits of autism: The contribution of non-verbal communication measures. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry & Allied Disciplines, 27, 657–669. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1986.tb00190.x.CrossRef

Namy, L. (2008). Recognition of iconicity doesn’t come for free. Developmental Science, 11(6), 841–846. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00732.x.CrossRefPubMed

Namy, L., Campbell, A., & Tomasello, M. (2004). Developmental change in the role of iconicity in symbol learning. Journal of Cognition & Development, 5, 37–56. doi:10.1207/s15327647jcd0501_3.CrossRef

O’Neill, M., Bard, K. A., Linnell, M., & Fluck, M. (2005). Maternal gestures with 20-month-old infants in two contexts. Developmental Science, 8, 352–359. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00423.x.CrossRefPubMed

Özçalişkan, Ş., Gentner, D., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2014). Do iconic gestures pave the way for children’s early verbs? Applied psycholinguistics, 35(06), 1143–1162. doi:10.1017/S0142716412000720.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Özçalışkan, Ş., Adamson, L. B., Dimitrova, N., & Baumann, S. (2017b). Do parents model gestures differently when children’s gestures differ? Manuscript under review.

Özçalışkan, Ş., Adamson, L. B., & Dimitrova, N. (2016). Early deictic but not other gestures predict later vocabulary in both typical development and autism. Autism, 20(6), 754–763. doi:10.1177/1362361315605921.CrossRefPubMed

Özçalışkan, Ş., Adamson, L. B., Dimitrova, N., & Baumann, N. (2017a). Gesture provides a helping hand to vocabulary development in children with autism, Down syndrome and typical development. Journal of Cognition and Development. doi:10.1080/15248372.2017.1329735.

Özçalışkan, Ş, & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2005a). Do parents lead their children by the hand? Journal of Child Language, 32(3), 481–505. doi:10.1017/S0305000905007002.CrossRefPubMed

Özçalışkan, Ş, & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2005b). Gesture is at the cutting edge of early language development. Cognition, 96(3), B101–B113. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2005.01.001.CrossRefPubMed

Özçalışkan, Ş, & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2009). When gesture-speech combinations do and do not index linguistic change. Language and Cognitive Processes, 28(24), 190–217. doi:10.1080/01690960801956911.CrossRef

Özçalışkan, Ş, & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2011). Is there an iconic gesture spurt at 26 months? In G. Stam & M. Ishino (Eds.), Integrating gestures: The interdisciplinary nature of gesture (pp. 163–174). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.CrossRef

Özçalışkan, Ş., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2006). Role of gesture in children’s early constructions. In Eve Clark & Barbara Kelly (Eds.), Constructions in acquisition (pp. 31–58). Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications.

Rapin, I. (1996). Preschool children with inadequate communication: Developmental language disorder, autism, low IQ. London: Mac Keith Press.

Rutter, M., LeCouteur, A., & Lord, C. (2003). Autism diagnostic interview-revised. Los Angeles: Western Psychological Services.

Scaife, M., & Bruner, J. (1975). The capacity for joint visual attention in the infant. Nature, 253, 265–266. doi:10.1038/253265a0.CrossRefPubMed

Shatz, M. (1982). On mechanisms of language acquisition: Can features of the communicative environment account for development? In E. Wanner & L. Gleitman (Eds.), Language acquisition: The state of the art (pp. 102–127). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Silverman, L., Bennetto, L., Campana, E., & Tanenhaus, M. K. (2010). Speech-and-gesture integration in high-functioning autism. Cognition, 115, 380–393. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2010.01.002.CrossRefPubMed

Singer, M. A., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2005). Children learn when their teacher’s gestures and speech differ. Psychological Science, 16(2), 85–89. doi:10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.00786.x.CrossRefPubMed

Smith, C., Adamson, L. B., & Bakeman, R. (1988). Interactional predictors of early language. First Language, 8, 143–156. doi:10.1177/014272378800802304.CrossRef

Stanfield, C., Williamson, R., & Özçalışkan, Ş (2014). How early do children understand gesture–speech combinations with iconic gestures? Journal of Child Language, 41, 462–471. doi:10.1017/S0305000913000019.CrossRefPubMed

Stone, W. L., Ousley, O. Y., Yoder, P. J., Hogan, K. L., & Hepburn, S. (1997). Nonverbal communication in two-and three-year-old children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 27(6), 677–695. doi:10.1023/A:1025854816091.CrossRefPubMed

Talbott, M. R., Nelson, C. A., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2015). Maternal gesture use and language development in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(1), 4–14. doi:10.1007/s10803-013-1820-0.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Tomasello, M., & Farrar, M. (1986). Joint attention and early language. Child Development, 57(6), 1454–1463. doi:10.2307/1130423.CrossRefPubMed

Werner, E., & Dawson, G. (2005). Validation of the phenomenon of autistic regression using home videotapes. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 889–895. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.62.8.889.CrossRefPubMed

Wetherby, A. (1986). Ontogeny of communication functions in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 16, 295–316. doi:10.1007/BF01531661.CrossRefPubMed

Williams, K. T. (2007). Expressive Vocabulary Test—Second Edition (EVT–2). Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 42, 864–872.

Woodward, A. L., & Guajardo, J. J. (2002). Infants’ understanding of the point gesture as an object-directed action. Cognitive Development, 17, 1061–1084. doi:10.1016/S0885-2014(02)00074-6.CrossRef

Titel: Do Verbal Children with Autism Comprehend Gesture as Readily as Typically Developing Children?
Auteurs: Nevena Dimitrova
Şeyda Özçalışkan
Lauren B. Adamson
Publicatiedatum: 25-07-2017
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 10/2017
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3243-9

Andere artikelen Uitgave 10/2017

Vicarious Effort-Based Decision-Making in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Original Paper

School Functions in Unaffected Siblings of Youths with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Original Paper

Olfactory Processing in Male Children with Autism: Atypical Odor Threshold and Identification

Original Paper

Quality of Life, Coping Styles, Stress Levels, and Time Use in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Comparing Single Versus Coupled Households

Original Paper

Phenotypic Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Diverse Sample of Somali and Other Children

Original Paper

Coherence of Representations Regarding the Child, Resolution of the Child’s Diagnosis and Emotional Availability: A Study of Arab-Israeli Mothers of Children with ASD

Original Paper