Statistical Learning and Social Competency: The Mediating Role of Language

The current study sought to examine the contribution of auditory and visual statistical learning on language and social competency abilities as well as whether decreased statistical learning abilities are related to increased autistic traits. To answer these questions, participants' (N = 95) au...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2020-03, Vol.10 (1), p.3968-3968, Article 3968
Main Authors: Parks, Kaitlyn M A, Griffith, Laura A, Armstrong, Nicolette B, Stevenson, Ryan A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Auditory discrimination learning
Auditory Perception
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder - physiopathology
Female
Hearing
Humans
Language
Learning - physiology
Male
Sensory integration
Social discrimination learning
Social Skills
Statistics
Visual discrimination learning
Visual Perception
Young Adult
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Summary:The current study sought to examine the contribution of auditory and visual statistical learning on language and social competency abilities as well as whether decreased statistical learning abilities are related to increased autistic traits. To answer these questions, participants' (N = 95) auditory and visual statistical learning abilities, language, social competency, and level of autistic traits were assessed. Although the relationships observed were relatively small in magnitude, our results demonstrated that visual statistical learning related to language and social competency abilities and that auditory learning was more related to autism symptomatology than visual statistical learning. Furthermore, the relationship between visual statistical learning and social competency was mediated by language comprehension abilities, suggesting that impairments in statistical learning may cascade into impairments in language and social abilities.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-61047-6