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Vocal interaction dynamics of children with and without autism

Topic:

Autism spectrum disorder

Authors:

Warlaumont, Oller, Dale, Richards, Gilkerson, Xu

Journal/Publication:

Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society

Year:

2010
Participant Age Range:
16 –
48 months

Sample Size:

104

Participant Language:

English

Abstract:

This study examines the temporal and directional characteristics of child-adult vocal exchanges in day-long naturalistic recordings of autism and typical control groups. In both populations, adults responded frequently (on average about 40% of responses)