caa a22 4500 463249526 CHVBK 20180405153335.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10803-006-0247-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10803-006-0247-2 Use of Context in Pragmatic Language Comprehension by Children with Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism [Elektronische Daten] [Soile Loukusa, Eeva Leinonen, Sanna Kuusikko, Katja Jussila, Marja-Leena Mattila, Nuala Ryder, Hanna Ebeling, Irma Moilanen] Utilizing relevance theory, this study investigated the ability of children with Asperger syndrome (AS) and high-functioning autism (HFA) to use context when answering questions and when giving explanations for their correct answers. Three groups participated in this study: younger AS/HFA group (age 7-9, n=16), older AS/HFA group (age 10-12, n=23) and a normally functioning control group (age 7-9, n=23). The results indicated that the younger AS/HFA group did less well when answering contextually demanding questions compared to the control group, and the performance of the older AS/HFA group fell in between the younger AS/HFA group and the control group. Both AS/HFA groups had difficulties explaining their correct answers, suggesting that they are not always aware of how they have derived answers from the context. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2006 Pervasive developmental disorders nationallicence Asperger syndrome nationallicence High-functioning autism nationallicence Pragmatic comprehension nationallicence Context and language nationallicence Relevance theory nationallicence Loukusa Soile Department of Finnish, Information Studies and Logopedics, University of Oulu, PO Box 1000, FIN-90014, Oulu, Finland aut Leinonen Eeva Department of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK aut Kuusikko Sanna Clinic of Child Psychiatry, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland aut Jussila Katja Clinic of Child Psychiatry, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland aut Mattila Marja-Leena Clinic of Child Psychiatry, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland aut Ryder Nuala Department of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK aut Ebeling Hanna Clinic of Child Psychiatry, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland aut Moilanen Irma Clinic of Child Psychiatry, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland aut Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/6(2007-07-01), 1049-1059 0162-3257 37:6<1049 2007 37 10803 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0247-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0247-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Loukusa Soile Department of Finnish, Information Studies and Logopedics, University of Oulu, PO Box 1000, FIN-90014, Oulu, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Leinonen Eeva Department of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kuusikko Sanna Clinic of Child Psychiatry, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jussila Katja Clinic of Child Psychiatry, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mattila Marja-Leena Clinic of Child Psychiatry, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ryder Nuala Department of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ebeling Hanna Clinic of Child Psychiatry, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Moilanen Irma Clinic of Child Psychiatry, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/6(2007-07-01), 1049-1059 0162-3257 37:6<1049 2007 37 10803 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer