Spatial Language and Cognition in Autistic Preschoolers.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

ASD is associated with relative strengths in the visuospatial domain but varying abilities in the linguistic domain. Previous studies suggest parallels between spatial language and spatial cognition in older autistic individuals, but no research to date has examined this relationship in young autistic children. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the connection between children's spatial language production and nonverbal spatial cognition over time. We also examined two potential predictors of spatial language observed in previous literature, ASD symptom severity and parent spatial language input.

Methods

In past work investigating spatial language in NT children of the same age, parent-child interactions have been a primary context for stu

SUBMITTER: Prescott KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10338643 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature