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Accessing Meaning of Ambiguous Homographs Embedded within Sentences in Children with ASD

Beabout, Ryan E, Mr.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1442580386

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2015, Master of Arts, Marietta College, Psychology.
Comprehension deficiencies are problematic in individuals with autism, yet the cognitive atypicalities of these impairments are still not well understood. To date, evidence pertaining to the ability of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to process verbal information in context remains mixed, and has mainly focused on pronunciation tasks. This study investigates how children with autism can use meaning activation of word primes to disambiguate target homographs inserted in the context of sentences at automated (300ms) and controlled (1000ms) stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs). Individuals with ASD and controls were presented with semantically related or unrelated primes for homograph targets. The current study compared reaction times and accuracy pertaining to the relatedness of the primes, while also exploring meaning activation at involuntary and voluntary stages of processing.
Christopher Klein, Dr. (Advisor)
Mary Barnas, Dr. (Committee Member)
51 p.
Psychology
autism spectrum disorder; verbal comprehension; sentence processing; meaning activation

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  • Beabout, R. E. (2015). Accessing Meaning of Ambiguous Homographs Embedded within Sentences in Children with ASD [Master's thesis, Marietta College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1442580386

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Beabout, Ryan. Accessing Meaning of Ambiguous Homographs Embedded within Sentences in Children with ASD . 2015. Marietta College, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1442580386.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Beabout, Ryan. "Accessing Meaning of Ambiguous Homographs Embedded within Sentences in Children with ASD ." Master's thesis, Marietta College, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1442580386

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