Abstract
Experimental studies of autistic children's memory for linguistic materials have yielded what appear to be conflicting results. A review of these studies reveals a pattern of findings consistent with the hypothesis that autistics do, in fact, have a special linguistic coding difficulty. The apparent discrepancies are the result of the use of low-power statistical tests in some experiments. Because the autistic deficit may arise from a failure to use semantic or syntactic knowledge or even from a failure to acquire such knowledge in the first place, future research should be aimed at explicating the precise mechanisms underlying the autistic deficit.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 25-31 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Applied Psycholinguistics |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1981 |
Externally published | Yes |