From encoding to remembering: pragmatic inferences reveal distinct routes of word learning in autistic children

Mentalizing skills—the capacity to attribute mental states—play critical roles in word learning during typical language development. In autism, mentalizing difficulties may constrain word-learning pathways, limiting language-acquisition opportunities. We ask how autistic children encode and retrieve...

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Main Authors: Katherine Marie Trice, Zhenghan Qi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1633013/full
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