We present a meta-analysis of studies that compare figurative language comprehension in
individuals with autism spectrum disorder and in typically developing controls who were …

Originally described in 1944, Asperger syndrome (AS) was included in ICD-10 and DSM-IV
almost 50 years after its description by Hans Asperger, a pediatrician from Vienna with …

Abstract concepts are often embodied through metaphor. For example, we talk about moving
through time in metaphorical terms, as if we were moving through space, allowing us to'look …

Our thoughts depend on knowledge about objects, people, properties, and events. To think
about where we left our keys, what we are going to make for dinner, when we last fed the …

This paper is intended to provide a critical overview of experimental and clinical research
documenting problems in figurative language processing in atypical populations with a …

The author's aim in this article is to dwell on some developmental considerations that are
relevant for explaining abnormalities in the language of individuals with autism and …

Impairments in the broader domain of pragmatics are considered to be a defining feature of
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). A challenging aspect of pragmatic competence is the …

It's become a caricature of autistic persons that they don't understand figurative language.
Despite empirical evidence to the contrary, three of the four contributions to this special …

Impairments related to figurative language understanding have been considered to be one
of the diagnostic and defining features of autism. Metaphor comprehension and production …

The Clinical Neuroscience of Lateralization gives the first comprehensive transdiagnostic
overview of the evidence for changes in hemispheric asymmetries in different psychiatric …