| Literature DB >> 22071788 |
Linda R Watson1, Jane E Roberts, Grace T Baranek, Kerry C Mandulak, Jennifer C Dalton.
Abstract
Young boys with autism were compared to typically developing boys on responses to nonsocial and child-directed speech (CDS) stimuli. Behavioral (looking) and physiological (heart rate and respiratory sinus arrhythmia) measures were collected. Boys with autism looked equally as much as chronological age-matched peers at nonsocial stimuli, but less at CDS stimuli. Boys with autism and language age-matched peers differed in patterns of looking at live versus videotaped CDS stimuli. Boys with autism demonstrated faster heart rates than chronological age-matched peers, but did not differ significantly on respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Reduced attention during CDS may restrict language-learning opportunities for children with autism. The heart rate findings suggest that young children with autism have a nonspecific elevated arousal level.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22071788 PMCID: PMC3402684 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1401-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Autism Dev Disord ISSN: 0162-3257