What Predicts Early Math in Autism? A Study of Cognitive and Linguistic Factors.
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| Title: | What Predicts Early Math in Autism? A Study of Cognitive and Linguistic Factors. |
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| Authors: | Fernández-Cobos, Raúl (AUTHOR), Polo-Blanco, Irene (AUTHOR), Castroviejo, Elena (AUTHOR), Juncal-Ruiz, Maria (AUTHOR), Vicente, Agustín (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders. Jun2026, Vol. 56 Issue 6, p2136-2147. 12p. |
| Subjects: | Disabilities, Pearson correlation (Statistics), Cross-sectional method, Statistical correlation, Mathematics, Data analysis, Grammar, Children with disabilities, Autism, Descriptive statistics, Linguistics, Child development, Analysis of variance, Statistics, Asperger's syndrome, Cognition, Learning disabilities, Regression analysis |
| Abstract: | This study aimed to examine early mathematical abilities in young children with autism aged four to seven without intellectual disabilities and their connection with autism severity, non-verbal intelligence, and linguistic abilities (receptive vocabulary and grammar). The study involved 42 children with autism. We assessed participants' cognitive, mathematical, and linguistic abilities. Their mathematical performance was compared with that of typically developing children using standardized measures. Statistical analyses were conducted to identify potential cognitive or linguistic differences across groups based on mathematical performance, and to determine predictive factors for mathematical abilities in children with autism. The findings indicated a higher prevalence of mathematical difficulties among the participants compared to typically developing children. A classification based on mathematical performance revealed statistically significant differences in cognitive and linguistic variables across groups, particularly in the low-performance group. However, no significant differences were found according to autism severity between the groups. The analysis further identified that a combination of visuo-spatial and linguistic abilities was the most predictive factor for mathematical performance. The study suggests that young children with autism without intellectual disabilities may be more likely to experience mathematical difficulties compared to typically developing children. Assessing cognitive and linguistic abilities could serve as a predictive measure for mathematical difficulties of children with autism, even without a formal diagnosis. Future research, with larger samples or longitudinal approaches, could validate these findings or explore which specific mathematical abilities are more related to non-verbal intelligence and which ones to structural language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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