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Bilingualism meets autism: an investigation of executive functions profiles in English-Arabic children ...
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Abstract:
Autism is described as a lifelong neurodevelopmental spectrum condition, with each individual varying in their abilities across social and cognitive domains. The current prevalence estimates range between 1/100 and 1/132 worldwide. Autism is characterized by a complex collection of manifestations, with repetitive behaviors, social communication difficulties, and sensory hypersensitivity and hyposensitivity. There is evidence to suggest that certain executive function (EF) skills (a group of important thinking skills that allow individuals to set and complete goals) are impaired in autistic children. These include interference control (the ability to resist distracting information), flexible switching (the ability to switch between thoughts and adapt behaviour according to a changing environment) and sustained attention (the ability to focus over a period of time). Furthermore, impairments in these EF domains have been evidenced to underlie some of the key characteristics of autism and negatively impact ...
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autism; bilingualism; executive functions
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URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7488/era/1078
https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/37802
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Bilingualism meets autism: an investigation of executive functions profiles in English-Arabic children
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