Loukusa Soile, Leinonen Eeva, Kuusikko Sanna, Jussila Katja, Mattila Marja-Leena, Ryder Nuala, Ebeling Hanna, Moilanen Irma
Department of Finnish, Information Studies and Logopedics, University of Oulu, PO Box 1000, FIN-90014, Oulu, Finland.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2007 Jul;37(6):1049-59. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0247-2.
Utilizing relevance theory, this study investigated the ability of children with Asperger syndrome (AS) and high-functioning autism (HFA) to use context when answering questions and when giving explanations for their correct answers. Three groups participated in this study: younger AS/HFA group (age 7-9, n=16), older AS/HFA group (age 10-12, n=23) and a normally functioning control group (age 7-9, n=23). The results indicated that the younger AS/HFA group did less well when answering contextually demanding questions compared to the control group, and the performance of the older AS/HFA group fell in between the younger AS/HFA group and the control group. Both AS/HFA groups had difficulties explaining their correct answers, suggesting that they are not always aware of how they have derived answers from the context.
本研究运用关联理论,调查了阿斯伯格综合征(AS)和高功能自闭症(HFA)儿童在回答问题以及对正确答案作出解释时运用语境的能力。三组参与了本研究:AS/HFA较小组(7至9岁,n = 16)、AS/HFA较大组(10至12岁,n = 23)以及正常发育对照组(7至9岁,n = 23)。结果表明,与对照组相比,AS/HFA较小组在回答需要语境理解的问题时表现较差,而AS/HFA较大组的表现则介于AS/HFA较小组和对照组之间。两个AS/HFA组在解释正确答案时都存在困难,这表明他们并不总是清楚自己是如何从语境中得出答案的。