Brief Report: Inner Speech Impairment in Children with Autism is Associated with Greater Nonverbal than Verbal Skills
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We present a new analysis of Whitehouse, Maybery, and Durkin's (2006, Experiment 3) data on inner speech in children with autism (CWA). Because inner speech development is thought to depend on linguistically mediated social interaction, we hypothesized that children with both autism and a nonverbal > verbal (NV > V) skills profile would show the greatest inner speech impairment. CWA and typically developing controls (n = 23 in each group) undertook a timed mathematical task-switching test, known to benefit from inner speech use. Participants completed the task with and without articulatory suppression (AS), which disrupts inner speech. The hypothesis was supported: AS interference varied with cognitive profile among CWA but not among controls. Only the NV > V autism group showed no AS interference, indicating an inner speech impairment.
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Only ASD participants showed a significant effect of cognitive profile, with NV > V participants showing the least interference from articulatory suppression on an arithmetic switching task.
“This prediction was confirmed: only ASD participants showed a significant effect of cognitive profile, with NV > V participants showing the least interference from articulatory suppression on an arithmetic switching task.”
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- Authors
- Lidstone, J. S. M., Fernyhough, C., Meins, E., & Whitehouse, A. J. O.
- Affiliations
- Durham University (GB)
- The Kids Research Institute Australia (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Lidstone, Jane S. M.
- Venue
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Published
- 2009-03-28
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1222-1225
- ISSN
- 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3432
- OpenAlex
- W2003857376
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 2.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Durham Research Online (Durham University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Keywords
- inner speech, autism spectrum disorder, articulatory suppression, task switching, cognitive profile, children with autism
- MeSH terms
- Autistic Disorder, Child, Cognition Disorders, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Mathematics, Neuropsychological Tests, Nonverbal Communication, Severity of Illness Index, Speech Disorders, Thinking, Verbal Behavior
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