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A social feedback loop for speech development and its reduction in autism

Topic:

Autism spectrum disorder,Typically Developing

Authors:

Warlaumont, Richards, Gilkerson, Oller

Journal/Publication:

Psychological Science

Year:

2014
Participant Age Range:
8 –
48 months

Sample Size:

183

Participant Language:

English

Abstract:

We analyzed the microstructure of child-adult interaction during naturalistic, daylong, automatically labeled audio recordings (13,836 hr total) of children (8- to 48-month-olds) with and without autism. We found that an adult was more likely to respond w