Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Faculty of Education, Østfold University College, B R A Veien 4, P.O. 700, Halden, Norway.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2022 Jan;52(1):316-326. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-04922-z. Epub 2021 Mar 10.
Poor metaphor comprehension was considered a hallmark of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but recent research has questioned the extent and the sources of these difficulties. In this cross-sectional study, we compared metaphor comprehension in individuals with ASD (N = 29) and individuals with typical development (TD; N = 31), and investigated the relationship between core language and metaphor comprehension. Individuals with ASD showed more difficulty but also a more variable performance in both metaphor and literal items of the task used than individuals with TD did. This indicates that core language ability accounts for metaphor comprehension and should be considered in future research and interventions aiming to improve metaphor comprehension in individuals with ASD.
较差的隐喻理解被认为是自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的一个标志，但最近的研究质疑了这些困难的程度和来源。在这项横断面研究中，我们比较了 ASD 个体（N=29）和典型发育个体（TD；N=31）的隐喻理解，并研究了核心语言与隐喻理解之间的关系。与 TD 个体相比，ASD 个体在任务的隐喻和字面项目中表现出更多的困难和更大的变异性。这表明核心语言能力可以解释隐喻理解，并且应该在未来旨在提高 ASD 个体隐喻理解的研究和干预中加以考虑。
