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ArticleDevelopmental neuropsychology2023

Language Abilities are Associated with Both Verbal and Nonverbal Intelligence in Children on the Autism Spectrum.

Afik Faerman, Alaa Sakallah, Sara Skiba, Seemran Kansara, Brandon E Kopald, Jeffrey David Lewine, Carly Demopoulos

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Article in Developmental neuropsychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Afik FaermanDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7140-8204
Alaa SakallahDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Sara SkibaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Seemran KansaraDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Brandon E KopaldDepartment of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Jeffrey David LewineDepartments of Neurology and Psychology, University of New Mexico, USA.
Carly DemopoulosDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
University of California, San Francisco · USMind Research Network · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

Neural mechanisms of speech motor control in Autism Spectrum DisordersR01DC019167 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DEMOPOULOS, CARLY, LI, YAN · 2021 to 2025
$4.2M
Neurobiological Correlates of Language Dysfunction in autism Spectrum DisordersR01HD051747 · NICHD · THE MIND RESEARCH NETWORK · PI LEWINE, JEFFREY D · 2008 to 2012
$2.5M
Vocal sensorimotor control and voice abnormalities in Autism Spectrum DisordersK23DC016637 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DEMOPOULOS, CARLY · 2018 to 2022
$1.0M
Auditory Processing Training: A Novel Treatment for Sound Hypersensitivities in AR41DC013197 · NIDCD · COGNIONICS · PI BANGERA, NITIN BHALCHANDRA, LEWINE, JEFFREY D · 2012 to 2012
$181k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD051747NIDCD NIH HHS K23 DC016637NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC019167NIDCD NIH HHS R41 DC013197
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intellectual abilities factor into levels of functioning used to characterize autism. Language difficulties are highly prevalent in autism and may impact performance on measures of intellectual abilities. As such, nonverbal tests are often prioritized in classifying intelligence in those with language difficulties and autism. However, the relationship between language abilities and intellectual performance is not well characterized, and the superiority of tests with nonverbal instructions is not well established. The current study evaluates verbal and nonverbal intellectual abilities in the context of language abilities in autism and the potential benefit of tests with nonverbal instructions. Participants were 55 children and adolescents on the autism spectrum who underwent a neuropsychological evaluation as part of a study examining language functioning in autism. Correlation analyses were performed to examine relations between expressive and receptive language abilities. Language abilities (CELF-4) were significantly correlated with all measures of both verbal (WISC-IV VCI) and nonverbal intelligence scores (WISC-IV PRI and Leiter-R). There were no significant differences between nonverbal intelligence measures with verbal or nonverbal instructions. We further discuss the role of assessment of language abilities in interpreting results of intelligence testing in populations with higher prevalence of language difficulties.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderAdolescentChildCognitionHumansIntelligenceIntelligence TestsLanguageautismIQlanguage abilitiesnonverbal intelligenceverbal intelligence

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PMID37326312
PMCPMC10527100
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