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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2022

Use of Mutual Exclusivity and its Relationship to Language Ability in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Janine Mathée-Scott, Caroline Larson, Courtney Venker, Ron Pomper, Jan Edwards, Jenny Saffran, Susan Ellis Weismer

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prediction by Young Autistic Children from Visual and Spoken Input.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Janine Mathée-ScottDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
Caroline LarsonDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
Courtney VenkerWaisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
Ron PomperDepartment of Psychology and Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
Jan EdwardsDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
Jenny SaffranDepartment of Psychology and Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
Susan Ellis WeismerDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53705, USA. ellisweismer@wisc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3484-9910
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USBoys Town · US

Funding

Waisman Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center Down Syndrome RegistryU54HD090256 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI POLLAK, SETH D · 2016 to 2020
$6.0M
Prediction and Early Language Development in Young Children with ASDR01DC017974 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ELLIS-WEISMER, SUSAN, SAFFRAN, JENNY R. · 2019 to 2023
$3.0M
Characterizing Lexical Processing in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum DisordersR01DC012513 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI EDWARDS, JAN, ELLIS-WEISMER, SUSAN · 2014 to 2018
$2.7M
NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD090256NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC012513NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC017974NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC17974
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To efficiently learn new words, children use constraints such as mutual exclusivity (ME) to narrow the search for potential referents. The current study investigated the use of ME in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and neurotypical (NT) peers matched on nonverbal cognition. Thirty-two toddlers with ASD and 26 NT toddlers participated in a looking-while-listening task. Images of novel and familiar objects were presented along with a novel or familiar label. Overall, toddlers with ASD showed less efficient looking toward a novel referent when a novel label was presented compared to NT toddlers, controlling for age and familiar word knowledge. However, toddlers with ASD and higher language ability demonstrated more robust use of ME than those with lower language ability.

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderChild, PreschoolCognitionHumansLanguageAutism spectrum disorderLanguage developmentLearning mechanismsMutual exclusivityNoveltyReferent selection

Identifiers

PMID34714426
PMCPMC9050963
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