Resolving homonyms in context: understanding ambiguity for autism spectrum disorder
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2016-08-25
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Current research suggests that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have a
lower strive for central coherence than Typically developing (TD) individuals. The
particular issue of lexical ambiguity is outlined, as this seems to be a specific issue. A
novel experiment is described, concerning disambiguation of homonyms in conditions
without context, and with sentence context present. Participants were 30 individuals, 16
with high-functioning ASD, 14 typically developing controls, matched on age and gender.
There was a significant interaction effect between group (ASD/TD) and condition (no
context/context) for the performance of choosing subordinates. Implications of these
findings are discussed; results of lower performance on disambiguation of homonyms in
context can be used for diagnosis.
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen