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Early Lateralization of Gestures in Autism: Right-Handed Points Predict Expressive Language

Auteurs: Nevena Dimitrova, Christine Mohr, Şeyda Özçalışkan, Lauren B. Adamson

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 4/2020

Abstract

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) produce fewer deictic gestures, accompanied by delays/deviations in speech development, compared to typically-developing (TD) children. We ask whether children with ASD—like TD children—show right-hand preference in gesturing and whether right-handed gestures predict their vocabulary size in speech. Our analysis of handedness in gesturing in children with ASD (n = 23, M_age = 30-months) and with TD (n = 23, M_age = 18-months) during mother–child play showed a right-hand preference for TD children—but not for children with ASD. Nonetheless, right-handed deictic gestures predicted expressive vocabulary 1 year later in both children with ASD and with TD. Handedness for gesture, both hand preference and amount of right-handed pointing, may be an important indicator of language development in autism and typical development.

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Titel: Early Lateralization of Gestures in Autism: Right-Handed Points Predict Expressive Language
Auteurs: Nevena Dimitrova
Christine Mohr
Şeyda Özçalışkan
Lauren B. Adamson
Publicatiedatum: 23-12-2019
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 4/2020
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04347-9

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