Language Comprehension in Autism – Explicable by a Detail-focused Style of Information-processing?

dc.creator	Melanie Eberhardt
dc.creator	Christoph Michael Müller
dc.date	2010-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:14Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:14Z
dc.identifier	1869-4845
dc.identifier	1869-4934
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/98e41a303ed14b6ebb2c13844f04f341
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27447
dc.description	Compared to language production little attention has been directed to the processes of language comprehension of people with autism. Often, empirical results on this topic are interpreted solely within a framework of social cognition. However, results could also be explained by a detail-oriented processing-style proposed by the theory of weak central coherence (Happé & Frith, 2006). In order to examine this, pivotal results on speech and language comprehension in autism are arranged along a linguistic model and compared with the assumptions of theory of weak central coherence. The results show that a detail-focused processing style can provide significant explanations for the specific language comprehension abilities in autism. Implications for a better understanding of persons with autism are discussed.
dc.language	German
dc.publisher	Pabst Science Publishers
dc.relation	http://www.psychologie-aktuell.com/fileadmin/download/esp/2-2010/eberhardt-20100811.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1869-4845
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1869-4934
dc.source	Empirische Sonderpädagogik, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 5-24 (2010)
dc.subject	autism
dc.subject	language comprehension
dc.subject	information-processing
dc.subject	weak central coherence
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Language Comprehension in Autism – Explicable by a Detail-focused Style of Information-processing?
dc.type	article