Abstract
The on-line use of world knowledge during reading was examined in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Both ASD and typically developed adults read sentences that included plausible, implausible and anomalous thematic relations, as their eye movements were monitored. No group differences in the speed of detection of the anomalous violations were found, but the ASD group showed a delay in detection of implausible thematic relations. These findings suggest that there are subtle differences in the speed of world knowledge processing during reading in ASD.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2039–2053 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Early online date | 21 Apr 2017 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2017 |
Research Groups and Themes
- SoE Centre for Psychological Approaches for Studying Education
- SoE Language Literacies and Education Network
Keywords
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Reading
- Sentence processing
- Semantics
- World knowledge
- Plausibility
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Dr Philippa L Howard
- School of Education - Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Education
- Language, Literacies and Education Network
- Centre for Psychological Approaches for Studying Education
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