ArticleDevelopmental science2019
Word comprehension mediates the link between gesture and word production: Examining language development in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder.
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- The Vocabulary of Infants with an Elevated Likelihood and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Infant Language Studies Using the CDI and MSEL.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Emergence of Autism Symptoms Prior to 18 Months of Age: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Pooled it
- Assessing Language Skills in Children Aged 4 to 6 Years with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Prospective Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Comprehension of Grammatical Structures in a Pediatric Population with ASD and Epilepsy: A Comparative Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Infant Communication Across the Transition to Walking: Developmental Cascades Among Infant Siblings of Children with Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Temporopolar volumes are associated with the severity of social impairment and language development in children with autism spectrum disorder with developmental delay.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Developmental Variability and Developmental Cascades: Lessons from Motor and Language Development in Infancy.Current directions in psychological science · 2021Article
- Multimodal Communication in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Different Linguistic Development.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Article
- Rate of Communicative Gestures and Developmental Outcomes in Toddlers With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder During a Home Observation.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2021Observational
- Profiles of Early Actions and Gestures in Infants With an Older Sibling With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2020Article
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Children's gesture production precedes and predicts language development, but the pathways linking these domains are unclear. It is possible that gesture production assists in children's developing word comprehension, which in turn supports expressive vocabulary acquisition. The present study examines this mediation pathway in a population with variability in early communicative abilities-the younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; high-risk infants, HR). Participants included 92 HR infants and 28 infants at low risk (LR) for ASD. A primary caregiver completed the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (Fenson, et al., 1993) at 12, 14, and 18 months, and HR infants received a diagnostic evaluation for ASD at 36 months. Word comprehension at 14 months mediated the relationship between 12-month gesture and 18-month word production in LR and HR infants (ab = 0.263; p < 0.01). For LR infants and HR infants with no diagnosis or language delay, gesture was strongly associated with word comprehension (as = 0.666; 0.646; 0.561; ps < 0.01). However, this relationship did not hold for infants later diagnosed with ASD (a = 0.073; p = 0.840). This finding adds to a growing literature suggesting that children with ASD learn language differently. Furthermore, this study provides an initial step toward testing the developmental pathways by which infants transition from early actions and gestures to expressive language.
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