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The Comprehension of Humorous Materials by Adolescents with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

Emerich, David M., Creaghead, Nancy A., Grether, Sandra M., Murray, Donna, Grasha, Carol·2003·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
DOI 10.1023/a:1024498232284
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Abstract

This study investigated the ability of adolescents with Asperger's syndrome or high-functioning autism and an age-matched group of typical adolescents to comprehend humorous materials. The analysis of humor focused on picking funny endings for cartoons and jokes. As expected, the adolescents with autism had significantly poorer comprehension of cartoons and jokes. Both groups had more difficulty with the joke than the cartoon task, but when compared with the typical group, the adolescents with autism performed significantly poorer. Examination of the error patterns revealed that subjects with autism had difficulty handling surprise and coherence within humorous narratives.

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  • Emerich et al. found that adolescents with autism had particular difficulty handling surprise and coherence in humorous narratives.

    “It is particularly interesting to note Emerich et al. ' s (86) finding that adolescents with autism had special difficulty ' handling surprise and coherence within humorous narratives. '”

    From Autism as a disorder of prediction (2014) · cites this paper as [86]

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Authors
Emerich, D. M., Creaghead, N. A., Grether, S. M., Murray, D., & Grasha, C.
Affiliations
  • University of Cincinnati (US)
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Emerich, David M.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2003-06
Volume
33
Issue
3
Pages
253-257
ISSN
  • 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-3432
DOI
10.1023/a:1024498232284
OpenAlex
W1493045635
Cited by
125
References
19
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 7
FWCI
0.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Humor Studies and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Keywords
humor comprehension, Asperger syndrome, high-functioning autism, adolescents, cartoons, jokes, surprise, narrative coherence, error patterns
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Analysis of Variance, Autistic Disorder, Cartoons as Topic, Child, Cognition, Emotions, Female, Humans, Language Disorders, Male, Wit and Humor as Topic, Asperger Syndrome, Comprehension

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