Can You Play with Fire and Not Hurt Yourself? A Comparative Study in Figurative Language Comprehension between Individuals with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder.

PLoS One · 2016 · PMC5201294 · PMID 28036344

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However, for the visual modality, an almost significant difference was observed between instructive expressions and novel metaphors ( p = .0501), with novel metaphors processed faster than instructive expressions.

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In addition, a marginally significant difference between cultural idioms and novel metaphors was observed ( p = .07) showing that instructive expressions were the most demanding and difficult to process for the children.

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