Activation of Thematic and Taxonomic Relations During Lexical-Semantic Processing in Autistic Children: Evidence From Eye Movements / Tianbi LI ; Ruoxi SHI ; Ran WEI ; Li YI in Autism Research, 18-5 (May 2025)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 18-5 (May 2025) . - p.1037-1049 Titre : Activation of Thematic and Taxonomic Relations During Lexical-Semantic Processing in Autistic Children: Evidence From Eye Movements Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Tianbi LI, Auteur ; Ruoxi SHI, Auteur ; Ran WEI, Auteur ; Li YI, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1037-1049 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism  children  eye tracking  lexical-semantic network  lexical-semantic processing  taxonomic relations  thematic relations Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : ABSTRACT This study investigated the activation of thematic and taxonomic relations during online lexical-semantic processing in autistic children using an eye-tracking competition task. Thirty-six preschool-aged autistic children and 35 age-, gender-, and verbal-IQ-matched neurotypical (NT) children viewed arrays containing a target object, a thematically related competitor, a taxonomically related competitor, and an unrelated distractor while hearing the target word. Results revealed three key findings. First, both groups demonstrated activation of thematic and taxonomic relations during lexical processing, with comparable timing of activation onset. Second, while autistic children began to systematically orient attention to the target as quickly as NT children, they showed reduced overall attention to the target during lexical processing. Third, autistic children exhibited stronger activation of taxonomic relations and stronger taxonomic competition effects on target recognition compared to NT children, whereas their activation of thematic relations and thematic competition effects were comparable to NT children. These findings suggest that while the basic thematic and taxonomic activation processes remain robust in autistic children, and while their initial activation of the target and semantically related representations is as fast as that of NT children, the increased sensitivity to taxonomic relations in autistic children might interfere with the overall processing efficiency of target words. These results advance our understanding of lexical-semantic organization and processing in autism and provide implications for language intervention strategies. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.70023 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=558 [article] Activation of Thematic and Taxonomic Relations During Lexical-Semantic Processing in Autistic Children: Evidence From Eye Movements [texte imprimé] / Tianbi LI, Auteur ; Ruoxi SHI, Auteur ; Ran WEI, Auteur ; Li YI, Auteur . - p.1037-1049. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 18-5 (May 2025) . - p.1037-1049 Mots-clés : autism  children  eye tracking  lexical-semantic network  lexical-semantic processing  taxonomic relations  thematic relations Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : ABSTRACT This study investigated the activation of thematic and taxonomic relations during online lexical-semantic processing in autistic children using an eye-tracking competition task. Thirty-six preschool-aged autistic children and 35 age-, gender-, and verbal-IQ-matched neurotypical (NT) children viewed arrays containing a target object, a thematically related competitor, a taxonomically related competitor, and an unrelated distractor while hearing the target word. Results revealed three key findings. First, both groups demonstrated activation of thematic and taxonomic relations during lexical processing, with comparable timing of activation onset. Second, while autistic children began to systematically orient attention to the target as quickly as NT children, they showed reduced overall attention to the target during lexical processing. Third, autistic children exhibited stronger activation of taxonomic relations and stronger taxonomic competition effects on target recognition compared to NT children, whereas their activation of thematic relations and thematic competition effects were comparable to NT children. These findings suggest that while the basic thematic and taxonomic activation processes remain robust in autistic children, and while their initial activation of the target and semantically related representations is as fast as that of NT children, the increased sensitivity to taxonomic relations in autistic children might interfere with the overall processing efficiency of target words. These results advance our understanding of lexical-semantic organization and processing in autism and provide implications for language intervention strategies. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.70023 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=558

Face-viewing patterns predict audiovisual speech integration in autistic children / Shuyuan FENG in Autism Research, 14-12 (December 2021)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 14-12 (December 2021) . - p.2592-2602 Titre : Face-viewing patterns predict audiovisual speech integration in autistic children Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Shuyuan FENG, Auteur ; Haoyang LU, Auteur ; Quan WANG, Auteur ; Tianbi LI, Auteur ; Jing FANG, Auteur ; Lihan CHEN, Auteur ; Li YI, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : p.2592-2602 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Acoustic Stimulation  Autism Spectrum Disorder/complications  Autistic Disorder/complications  Child  Child, Preschool  Female  Humans  Mouth  Speech  Speech Perception  Visual Perception  McGurk effect  atypical face-viewing patterns  audiovisual speech integration  autistic children  eye movements Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Autistic children show audiovisual speech integration deficits, though the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. The present study examined how audiovisual speech integration deficits in autistic children could be affected by their looking patterns. We measured audiovisual speech integration in 26 autistic children and 26 typically developing (TD) children (4- to 7-year-old) employing the McGurk task (a videotaped speaker uttering phonemes with her eyes open or closed) and tracked their eye movements. We found that, compared with TD children, autistic children showed weaker audiovisual speech integration (i.e., the McGurk effect) in the open-eyes condition and similar audiovisual speech integration in the closed-eyes condition. Autistic children viewed the speaker's mouth less in non-McGurk trials than in McGurk trials in both conditions. Importantly, autistic children's weaker audiovisual speech integration could be predicted by their reduced mouth-looking time. The present study indicated that atypical face-viewing patterns could serve as one of the cognitive mechanisms of audiovisual speech integration deficits in autistic children. LAY SUMMARY: McGurk effect occurs when the visual part of a phoneme (e.g., "ga") and the auditory part of another phoneme (e.g., "ba") uttered by a speaker were integrated into a fused perception (e.g., "da"). The present study examined how McGurk effect in autistic children could be affected by their looking patterns for the speaker's face. We found that less looking time for the speaker's mouth in autistic children could predict weaker McGurk effect. As McGurk effect manifests audiovisual speech integration, our findings imply that we could improve audiovisual speech integration in autistic children by directing them to look at the speaker's mouth in future intervention. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2598 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=450 [article] Face-viewing patterns predict audiovisual speech integration in autistic children [texte imprimé] / Shuyuan FENG, Auteur ; Haoyang LU, Auteur ; Quan WANG, Auteur ; Tianbi LI, Auteur ; Jing FANG, Auteur ; Lihan CHEN, Auteur ; Li YI, Auteur . - 2021 . - p.2592-2602. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 14-12 (December 2021) . - p.2592-2602 Mots-clés : Acoustic Stimulation  Autism Spectrum Disorder/complications  Autistic Disorder/complications  Child  Child, Preschool  Female  Humans  Mouth  Speech  Speech Perception  Visual Perception  McGurk effect  atypical face-viewing patterns  audiovisual speech integration  autistic children  eye movements Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Autistic children show audiovisual speech integration deficits, though the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. The present study examined how audiovisual speech integration deficits in autistic children could be affected by their looking patterns. We measured audiovisual speech integration in 26 autistic children and 26 typically developing (TD) children (4- to 7-year-old) employing the McGurk task (a videotaped speaker uttering phonemes with her eyes open or closed) and tracked their eye movements. We found that, compared with TD children, autistic children showed weaker audiovisual speech integration (i.e., the McGurk effect) in the open-eyes condition and similar audiovisual speech integration in the closed-eyes condition. Autistic children viewed the speaker's mouth less in non-McGurk trials than in McGurk trials in both conditions. Importantly, autistic children's weaker audiovisual speech integration could be predicted by their reduced mouth-looking time. The present study indicated that atypical face-viewing patterns could serve as one of the cognitive mechanisms of audiovisual speech integration deficits in autistic children. LAY SUMMARY: McGurk effect occurs when the visual part of a phoneme (e.g., "ga") and the auditory part of another phoneme (e.g., "ba") uttered by a speaker were integrated into a fused perception (e.g., "da"). The present study examined how McGurk effect in autistic children could be affected by their looking patterns for the speaker's face. We found that less looking time for the speaker's mouth in autistic children could predict weaker McGurk effect. As McGurk effect manifests audiovisual speech integration, our findings imply that we could improve audiovisual speech integration in autistic children by directing them to look at the speaker's mouth in future intervention. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2598 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=450

Heterogeneity of Visual Preferences for Biological and Repetitive Movements in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder / Tianbi LI in Autism Research, 14-1 (January 2021)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 14-1 (January 2021) . - p.102-111 Titre : Heterogeneity of Visual Preferences for Biological and Repetitive Movements in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Tianbi LI, Auteur ; Yewei LI, Auteur ; Yixiao HU, Auteur ; Yuyin WANG, Auteur ; Cheuk Man LAM, Auteur ; Wei NI, Auteur ; Xueqin WANG, Auteur ; Li YI, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.102-111 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism spectrum disorder  eye movement  heterogeneity  repetitive behavior  visual biological movement  visual preference Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Previous studies have repeatedly reported atypical visual preferences to repetitive movements and deficient perception of biological movements in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, limited research has investigated the heterogeneity of the visual preferences in individuals with ASD. In the current study, we explored the visual preferences to different movement types (repetitive, biological, and random) in children with ASD using a paired preferential looking paradigm. Thirty-nine children with ASD and 37 typically developing (TD) children participated in our study, with their eye movements recorded as the index of visual preferences. We examined the differences of visual preferences between the ASD and TD group, and the heterogeneity of visual preferences within the ASD group. We found group differences between children with ASD and TD children: Overall, the ASD group preferred repetitive movements while the TD group preferred biological movements. We also detected heterogeneity of visual preferences within the ASD group: Although the majority of children with ASD preferred repetitive movements as previous studies reported, 9 out of 39 children with ASD preferred biological movements similarly as their TD peers. Moreover, the visual preference patterns were correlated with autistic symptoms, especially the socio-communicative impairments. Our study provided evidence of heterogeneity of visual attention and main visual preference to repetitive movements in children with ASD. The findings add to the body of literature of the heterogeneous behavioral symptoms and the atypical visual preferences in individuals with ASD. LAY SUMMARY: The current study examined visual preferences to biological, repetitive, and random movements in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We showed a pair of two videos representing two types of movements (random, repetitive, or biological movements) to children with ASD and typically developing children. We found the main visual preferences for repetitive movements and heterogeneity of visual attention within the ASD group. Our findings provide theoretical and methodological implications for future study of the heterogeneity in the ASD population. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2366 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=441 [article] Heterogeneity of Visual Preferences for Biological and Repetitive Movements in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder [texte imprimé] / Tianbi LI, Auteur ; Yewei LI, Auteur ; Yixiao HU, Auteur ; Yuyin WANG, Auteur ; Cheuk Man LAM, Auteur ; Wei NI, Auteur ; Xueqin WANG, Auteur ; Li YI, Auteur . - p.102-111. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 14-1 (January 2021) . - p.102-111 Mots-clés : autism spectrum disorder  eye movement  heterogeneity  repetitive behavior  visual biological movement  visual preference Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Previous studies have repeatedly reported atypical visual preferences to repetitive movements and deficient perception of biological movements in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, limited research has investigated the heterogeneity of the visual preferences in individuals with ASD. In the current study, we explored the visual preferences to different movement types (repetitive, biological, and random) in children with ASD using a paired preferential looking paradigm. Thirty-nine children with ASD and 37 typically developing (TD) children participated in our study, with their eye movements recorded as the index of visual preferences. We examined the differences of visual preferences between the ASD and TD group, and the heterogeneity of visual preferences within the ASD group. We found group differences between children with ASD and TD children: Overall, the ASD group preferred repetitive movements while the TD group preferred biological movements. We also detected heterogeneity of visual preferences within the ASD group: Although the majority of children with ASD preferred repetitive movements as previous studies reported, 9 out of 39 children with ASD preferred biological movements similarly as their TD peers. Moreover, the visual preference patterns were correlated with autistic symptoms, especially the socio-communicative impairments. Our study provided evidence of heterogeneity of visual attention and main visual preference to repetitive movements in children with ASD. The findings add to the body of literature of the heterogeneous behavioral symptoms and the atypical visual preferences in individuals with ASD. LAY SUMMARY: The current study examined visual preferences to biological, repetitive, and random movements in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We showed a pair of two videos representing two types of movements (random, repetitive, or biological movements) to children with ASD and typically developing children. We found the main visual preferences for repetitive movements and heterogeneity of visual attention within the ASD group. Our findings provide theoretical and methodological implications for future study of the heterogeneity in the ASD population. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2366 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=441

Orienting to and away from the eyes in infants at high likelihood for autism when scanning faces / Qiandong WANG ; Ying HAN ; Yixiao HU ; Xue LI ; Jing LIU ; Hui FANG ; Tianbi LI ; Yanmei CHANG ; Li YI in Autism Research, 18-1 (January 2025)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 18-1 (January 2025) . - p.166-178 Titre : Orienting to and away from the eyes in infants at high likelihood for autism when scanning faces : Autism Research Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Qiandong WANG, Auteur ; Ying HAN, Auteur ; Yixiao HU, Auteur ; Xue LI, Auteur ; Jing LIU, Auteur ; Hui FANG, Auteur ; Tianbi LI, Auteur ; Yanmei CHANG, Auteur ; Li YI, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.166-178 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism  eye movement  face processing  infants  visual attention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Abstract This study employed eye-tracking technology to investigate the mechanisms underlying reduced gaze towards the eyes in infants at high likelihood (HL) for autism, specifically examining whether it results from avoidance triggered by heightened arousal when looking at the eyes or due to indifference to the eyes (i.e., unwilling to orient to the eyes). Infants at HL for autism and typically developing (TD) infants aged within 24 months were tested. In the experiment, participants' gaze was initially guided to the eye or mouth region immediately before the onset of the face. Latency to orient away from the guided regions, latency to orient to the eyes, and the location of the secondary fixation following the onset of the face were measured. The results showed that: (1) The HL infants looked less at eyes than TD infants; (2) Compared with TD infants, HL infants oriented towards eyes more slowly after being guided to the mouth; (3) After being guided to the eyes, HL infants' secondary fixation fell less in the eye region, and their latency to orient away from the eyes was also tended to be shorter. These results suggest that reduced eye-looking time was presented in HL infants, which was further explained by both eye avoidance and indifference to the eyes. Our study contributes theoretically to understanding the atypical face scanning pattern in autistic people and its related underlying mechanisms. Furthermore, our study provides important insights into the development of early screening tools and intervention protocols for autistic people. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3270 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=546 [article] Orienting to and away from the eyes in infants at high likelihood for autism when scanning faces : Autism Research [texte imprimé] / Qiandong WANG, Auteur ; Ying HAN, Auteur ; Yixiao HU, Auteur ; Xue LI, Auteur ; Jing LIU, Auteur ; Hui FANG, Auteur ; Tianbi LI, Auteur ; Yanmei CHANG, Auteur ; Li YI, Auteur . - p.166-178. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 18-1 (January 2025) . - p.166-178 Mots-clés : autism  eye movement  face processing  infants  visual attention Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Abstract This study employed eye-tracking technology to investigate the mechanisms underlying reduced gaze towards the eyes in infants at high likelihood (HL) for autism, specifically examining whether it results from avoidance triggered by heightened arousal when looking at the eyes or due to indifference to the eyes (i.e., unwilling to orient to the eyes). Infants at HL for autism and typically developing (TD) infants aged within 24 months were tested. In the experiment, participants' gaze was initially guided to the eye or mouth region immediately before the onset of the face. Latency to orient away from the guided regions, latency to orient to the eyes, and the location of the secondary fixation following the onset of the face were measured. The results showed that: (1) The HL infants looked less at eyes than TD infants; (2) Compared with TD infants, HL infants oriented towards eyes more slowly after being guided to the mouth; (3) After being guided to the eyes, HL infants' secondary fixation fell less in the eye region, and their latency to orient away from the eyes was also tended to be shorter. These results suggest that reduced eye-looking time was presented in HL infants, which was further explained by both eye avoidance and indifference to the eyes. Our study contributes theoretically to understanding the atypical face scanning pattern in autistic people and its related underlying mechanisms. Furthermore, our study provides important insights into the development of early screening tools and intervention protocols for autistic people. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3270 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=546

Prediction efficiency and incremental processing strategy during spoken language comprehension in autistic children: an eye-tracking study / Zihui HUA in Molecular Autism, 16 (2025)  

Public ISBD [article]  inMolecular Autism > 16 (2025) . - 39 Titre : Prediction efficiency and incremental processing strategy during spoken language comprehension in autistic children: an eye-tracking study Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Zihui HUA, Auteur ; Tianbi LI, Auteur ; Ruoxi SHI, Auteur ; Ran WEI, Auteur ; Li YI, Auteur ; Zihui HUA, Auteur ; Tianbi LI, Auteur ; Ruoxi SHI, Auteur ; Ran WEI, Auteur ; Li YI, Auteur Article en page(s) : 39 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Humans  Child  Male  Female  Comprehension/physiology  Child, Preschool  Autistic Disorder/physiopathology/psychology  Eye-Tracking Technology  Speech Perception  Language  Eye Movements  Autism  Children  Eye tracking  Incremental processing  Language comprehension  Language processing  Prediction  Predictive processing  by Peking University’s research ethics committee (approval number: 2024-02-11).  Written informed consent was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of all  participants prior to their participation. All procedures were conducted in  accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Consent for publication: Not  applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Language difficulties are common in autism, with several theoretical perspectives proposing that difficulties in forming and updating predictions may underlie the cognitive profile of autism. However, research examining prediction in the language domain among autistic children remains limited, with inconsistent findings regarding prediction efficiency and insufficient investigation of how autistic children incrementally integrate multiple semantic elements during language processing. This study addresses these gaps by investigating both prediction efficiency and incremental processing strategy during spoken language comprehension in autistic children compared to neurotypical peers. METHODS: Using the visual world paradigm, we compared 45 autistic children (3-8 years) with 52 age-, gender-, and verbal IQ-matched neurotypical children. Participants viewed arrays containing a target object and three semantically controlled distractors (agent-related, action-related, and unrelated) while listening to subject-verb-object structured sentences. Eye movements were recorded to analyze fixation proportions. We employed cluster-based permutation analysis to identify periods of sustained biased looking, growth curve analysis to compare fixation trajectories, and divergence point analysis to determine the onset timing of predictive looking. RESULTS: Both groups demonstrated predictions during spoken language comprehension and employed similar incremental processing strategies, showing increased fixations to both target objects and action-related distractors after verb onset despite the latter's incompatibility with the agent. However, autistic children exhibited reduced prediction efficiency compared to neurotypical peers, evidenced by significantly lower proportions of and slower growth rates in fixations to target objects relative to unrelated distractors, and delayed onset of predictive looking. Reduced prediction efficiency was associated with higher levels of autism symptom severity in the autistic group and increased autistic traits across both groups, with autism-related communication difficulties showing the most robust associations. LIMITATIONS: Our sample included only autistic children without language impairments, limiting generalizability to the broader autism spectrum. The task employed only simple sentence structures in controlled experimental settings, which may not fully capture language processing patterns in naturalistic communication contexts. CONCLUSIONS: While autistic children employ similar incremental processing strategies to neurotypical peers during language comprehension, they demonstrate reduced prediction efficiency. Autism symptom severity and autistic traits varied systematically with prediction efficiency, with autism-related communication difficulties showing the strongest associations. These findings enhance our understanding of language processing mechanisms in autism and suggest that interventions targeting language development might benefit from addressing prediction efficiency, such as providing additional processing time and gradually increasing the complexity of semantic integration tasks. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-025-00674-0 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=569 [article] Prediction efficiency and incremental processing strategy during spoken language comprehension in autistic children: an eye-tracking study [texte imprimé] / Zihui HUA, Auteur ; Tianbi LI, Auteur ; Ruoxi SHI, Auteur ; Ran WEI, Auteur ; Li YI, Auteur ; Zihui HUA, Auteur ; Tianbi LI, Auteur ; Ruoxi SHI, Auteur ; Ran WEI, Auteur ; Li YI, Auteur . - 39. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Molecular Autism > 16 (2025) . - 39 Mots-clés : Humans  Child  Male  Female  Comprehension/physiology  Child, Preschool  Autistic Disorder/physiopathology/psychology  Eye-Tracking Technology  Speech Perception  Language  Eye Movements  Autism  Children  Eye tracking  Incremental processing  Language comprehension  Language processing  Prediction  Predictive processing  by Peking University’s research ethics committee (approval number: 2024-02-11).  Written informed consent was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of all  participants prior to their participation. All procedures were conducted in  accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Consent for publication: Not  applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Language difficulties are common in autism, with several theoretical perspectives proposing that difficulties in forming and updating predictions may underlie the cognitive profile of autism. However, research examining prediction in the language domain among autistic children remains limited, with inconsistent findings regarding prediction efficiency and insufficient investigation of how autistic children incrementally integrate multiple semantic elements during language processing. This study addresses these gaps by investigating both prediction efficiency and incremental processing strategy during spoken language comprehension in autistic children compared to neurotypical peers. METHODS: Using the visual world paradigm, we compared 45 autistic children (3-8 years) with 52 age-, gender-, and verbal IQ-matched neurotypical children. Participants viewed arrays containing a target object and three semantically controlled distractors (agent-related, action-related, and unrelated) while listening to subject-verb-object structured sentences. Eye movements were recorded to analyze fixation proportions. We employed cluster-based permutation analysis to identify periods of sustained biased looking, growth curve analysis to compare fixation trajectories, and divergence point analysis to determine the onset timing of predictive looking. RESULTS: Both groups demonstrated predictions during spoken language comprehension and employed similar incremental processing strategies, showing increased fixations to both target objects and action-related distractors after verb onset despite the latter's incompatibility with the agent. However, autistic children exhibited reduced prediction efficiency compared to neurotypical peers, evidenced by significantly lower proportions of and slower growth rates in fixations to target objects relative to unrelated distractors, and delayed onset of predictive looking. Reduced prediction efficiency was associated with higher levels of autism symptom severity in the autistic group and increased autistic traits across both groups, with autism-related communication difficulties showing the most robust associations. LIMITATIONS: Our sample included only autistic children without language impairments, limiting generalizability to the broader autism spectrum. The task employed only simple sentence structures in controlled experimental settings, which may not fully capture language processing patterns in naturalistic communication contexts. CONCLUSIONS: While autistic children employ similar incremental processing strategies to neurotypical peers during language comprehension, they demonstrate reduced prediction efficiency. Autism symptom severity and autistic traits varied systematically with prediction efficiency, with autism-related communication difficulties showing the strongest associations. These findings enhance our understanding of language processing mechanisms in autism and suggest that interventions targeting language development might benefit from addressing prediction efficiency, such as providing additional processing time and gradually increasing the complexity of semantic integration tasks. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-025-00674-0 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=569

Reward learning modulates the attentional processing of faces in children with and without autism spectrum disorder / Tianbi LI in Autism Research, 10-11 (November 2017)  

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The Relationship Between Theory of Mind and Listening Comprehension Among Chinese Preschoolers with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder / Zeying GAO in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 55-10 (October 2025)  

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