Online Metaphor Comprehension in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Eye Tracking Study.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to investigate novel metaphor comprehension in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous literature is conflicting about whether individuals with ASD have impairment in this particular type of figurative language. Participants in the study completed a visual world paradigm eye-tracking task, which involved selecting an interpretation of an auditorily presented sentence (i.e. a picture-sentence matching task), where images corresponded to literal and metaphorical interpretations. Thus, the study also investigated online processing, via reaction times and eye movements. Forty adults participated in the study (18 with ASD and 22 typically-developing controls). Each participant completed the AQ questionnaire and had their vocabulary assessed. Results showed

SUBMITTER: O'Shea A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12860833 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature