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SUMMARY:Eye get it! What eye-movements can tell us about language processi
 ng in autism spectrum disorder - Dr Courtenay Norbury\, Department of Psyc
 hology\, Royal Holloway\, University of London
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CONTACT:Catherine Davies
DESCRIPTION:Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are characte
 rised by deficits in social interaction\, reciprocal communication and a r
 estricted repertoire of interests and behaviours. Despite this symptom cor
 e\, language outcomes are extremely variable\, prompting intense theoretic
 al debate as to the origins of language impairment in ASD. Recent advances
  in eye-movement technology have provided a novel means to assess language
  processing implicitly\, in real time. I will describe eye-movement studie
 s from my lab which have tested two prominent theories of language impairm
 ent in ASD: the weak central coherence hypothesis\, and a social learning 
 deficit theory. These investigations have elucidated both sources of langu
 age learning difficulty and possible avenues of compensation for language 
 development in ASD. 
LOCATION:GR05\, English Faculty\, 9 West Road (Sidgwick Site)
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