Weak central coherence (processing details over gist), poor oral language abilities, poor suppression, semantic interference, and poor comprehension monitoring have all been implicated to affect reading comprehension in individuals with ASD.
Speech and Language
Mining the cerebellum for its role in speech
“We found that the folks with cerebellar damage responded to these unpredictable changes to a larger extent than those without any damage,” says Parrell. “It was totally unexpected.”
Language and Learning Studies
The Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Waisman Center is currently recruiting children ages 4 through 7 to participate in research on language development in monolingual and bilingual children. If your …
Lawrence D. Shriberg, PhD
Title: Multipoint genome-wide linkage scan for nonword repetition in a multigenerational family further supports chromosome 13q as a locus for verbal trait disorders. Legend: Multipoint linkage results conditioned on impaired NWR at chromosome 13. Genes …
Katherine Hustad, PhD
Title: Longitudinal development of communication in children with cerebral palsy between 24 and 53 months: Predicting speech outcomes Legend: (Left) Longitudinally-assessed word intelligibility score (%) by age and time since child was first able to …
Susan Ellis Weismer, PhD
Title: Brief Report: Fast mapping predicts differences in concurrent and later language abilities in children with ASD. Legend: Receptive and expressive language at age 3½ and age 5½ by fast mapping profile group. PLS-4 = Preschool Language …
Audra Sterling, PhD
Title: Examining the Language Phenotype in Children with Typical Development, Specific Language Impairment, and Fragile X Syndrome Legend: Group performance on the Third Person Singular Probe and Past Tense Probe of the Test of Early …
Vanessa Simmering, PhD
Title: Four-year-olds’ selective production of verbal cues predicts their spatial skills Legend: (Top panel) Sample trials of spatial tasks children completed (A) mental transformations, (B) spatial analogies, (C) feature binding, and (D) picture rotation. (Bottom …
Research tackles communication disorders in kids
May 08, 2016 Katie Hustad, Special to the State Journal It has been said that communication is the essence of human life. In fact, our ability to communicate an unlimited number of thoughts and ideas …