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Loukusa, Soile; Moilanen, Irma – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
This review summarizes studies involving pragmatic language comprehension and inference abilities in individuals with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism. Systematic searches of three electronic databases, selected journals, and reference lists identified 20 studies meeting the inclusion criteria. These studies were evaluated in terms of:…
Descriptors: Participant Characteristics, Comprehension, Autism, Asperger Syndrome
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Korpilahti, Pirjo; Jansson-Verkasalo, Eira; Mattila, Marja-Leena; Kuusikko, Sanna; Suominen, Kalervo; Rytky, Seppo; Pauls, David L.; Moilanen, Irma – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
Many people with the diagnosis of Asperger syndrome (AS) show poorly developed skills in understanding emotional messages. The present study addressed discrimination of speech prosody in children with AS at neurophysiological level. Detection of affective prosody was investigated in one-word utterances as indexed by the N1 and the mismatch…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Males, Asperger Syndrome, Language Processing