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Filipe, Marisa G.; Veloso, Andreia; Frota, Sónia; Vicente, Selene G. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
Children with deficits in executive functions (EFs) and impairments in pragmatic language have a range of cognitive and language difficulties that affect their literacy and educational achievements. As deficits in EFs and pragmatic impairments are characteristics of autism spectrum disorders, this study examined the associations between EFs and…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Pragmatics, Language Impairments, Autism
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Bourke, Lorna; Marriott-Fellows, Megan; Jones, Amanda; Humphreys, Lorna; Davies, Simon J.; Zuffiano, Antonio; López-Pérez, Belén – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
The current study investigated the extent cognitive and emotion regulation deficits (i.e., executive functions) associated with autism impact on the development of imagination in writing. Sixty-one children participated in the study (M age = 9 years 7 months, SD = 14 months, 18 female, 43 male), comprising a selected group with autism…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Imagination, Creative Writing, Autism