Spoken and gestural production in a naming task by young children with Down syndrome  

Oleh:

Stefanini, Silvia ; Caselli, Maria Cristina ; Volterra, Virginia

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Brain and Language (Full Text) vol. 101 no. 3 (2007), page 208-221.
Topik: Down syndrome; Gesture; Lexical production; Cognitive impairment
Fulltext: 101_03_Stefanini.pdf (423.5KB)

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Lexical production in children with Down syndrome (DS) was investigated by examining spoken naming accuracy and the use of spontaneous gestures in a picture naming task. Fifteen children with DS (range 3.8–8.3 years) were compared to typically developing children (TD), matched for chronological age and developmental age (range 2.6–4.3 years). Relative to TD children, children with DS were less accurate in speech (producing a greater number of unintelligible answers), yet they produced more gestures overall and of these a signiWcantly higher percentage of iconic gestures. Furthermore, the iconic gestures produced by children with DS accompanied by incorrect or no speech often expressed a concept similar to that of the target word, suggesting deeper conceptual knowledge relative to that expressed only in speech.

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