Publications by authors named "Lucia Pfanner"
Sex/gender (S/G) differences in ASD language profiles have been poorly investigated. The present study aims to explore whether male (M) and female (F) children with ASD and with normal non-verbal cognitive abilities differ in their linguistic profiles. A sample of 76 Italian children with ASD (range: 4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLanguage deficits represent one of the most relevant factors that determine the clinical phenotype of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The main aim of the research was to study the grammatical comprehension of children with ASD. A sample of 70 well-diagnosed children (60 boys and 10 girls; aged 4.
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- Specific Language Impairment (SLI) in preschoolers is linked to future reading and writing challenges, but the exact nature of this connection remains unclear, with traditional models focusing on phonological processing proving insufficient.
- Recent research on 16 Italian adolescents with SLI reveals significant impairments in both oral and written language skills, with distinct characteristics when compared to typical developmental dyslexia.
- The study indicates that preschool skills in expressive morpho-syntax and vocabulary are strong predictors of future reading and spelling success, highlighting the complex and evolving relationship between oral and written language difficulties over time.
The aim of the study was to investigate whether children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) show reduced left hemisphere specialization for language and, if so, whether it is associated with a deficit in phonological encoding and a specific type of SLI (Mixed Receptive-Expressive, Expressive, Phonological). We adopted two dichotic listening paradigms, which differed in the phonological similarity of the presented words (Fused and Non-Fused dichotic words tests), as well as a phonological working memory test. Participants included 34 pre-school and school age children affected by SLI.
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