Word prediction using closely and moderately related verbs in Down syndrome

ABSTRACT: People with Down syndrome (DS) have several difficulties in language learning, and one of the areas most affected is language production. Theoretical frameworks argue that prediction depends on the production system. Yet, people with DS can predict upcoming nouns using semantically related verbs. Possibly, prediction skills in people with DS are driven by their associative mechanism rather than by the prediction mechanism based on the production system. This study explores prediction mechanisms in people with DS and their relationship with production skills. Three groups were evaluated in a preferential-looking task: young adults, children with DS, and a typically developing control group paired by sex and mental age. Participants saw two images, a target and a distractor. They also heard

SUBMITTER: Angulo-Chavira A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9574260 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature