The Relationship between Semantic Joke and Idiom Comprehension in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Tests
2.2.1. Vocabulary
2.2.2. Theory of Mind (ToM)
2.2.3. Idiom Comprehension
2.2.4. Semantic Jokes
Semantic Joke Comprehension: Multiple-Choice Questionnaire
Semantic Joke Comprehension: Computerized Experiment
Procedure for the Computerized Semantic Joke Experiment
General Experimental Procedure
3. Results
3.1. Semantic Joke Comprehension Questionnaire
3.2. Computerized Semantic Joke Experiment
3.3. Regression Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Background Characteristics | ASD M (SD) | TD M (SD) | t | p | Cohen’s d |
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Gender (Males/Females) ! | 22/10 | 20/12 | 0.28 | 0.599 | --- |
Age | 13.69 (0.96) | 13.59 (1.21) | 0.34 | 0.734 | 0.09 |
Vocabulary | 39.41 (5.70) | 40.13 (7.68) | −0.42 | 0.672 | 0.11 |
Idiom Comprehension 1 | 14.03 (4.28) | 18.69 (1.82) | 5.66 *** | 0.001 | 1.42 |
ToM 2 | 14.22 (3.02) | 18.13 (1.72) | 6.35 *** | 0.001 | 1.59 |
Semantic Joke | Literal Sentence | Nonsense Sentence |
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I told Isaac the tailor a good joke. He was in stiches. | John was excited during the flight. He especially liked to fly above the clouds. | Sarah had a big test yesterday. She studied and during the test she had a lake. |
The children waited a very long time at the airport before deciding to go home. Time did not fly. | The baby was very tired. His mother decided that now he should be put to sleep in bed. | Tammy went to the mall. She went into a jewelry store and bought a fly. |
Bad traffic caused Taylor to stay home with her baby. It was crawling. | David went outside after the rain. He looked to the sky and saw a rainbow. | Romi decided to go jogging this morning. She ran down the street to the mustache. |
Stimulus Type | ASD (n = 32) | TD (n = 32) | F Values | ||||
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M | SD | M | SD | Group | Stimulus Type | Interaction | |
Reaction Times | |||||||
2.32 | 49.21 *** | 1.14 | |||||
Semantic Jokes | 1424.39 | 373.10 | 1286.22 | 363.62 | |||
Literal | 1307.96 | 341.65 | 1152.46 | 328.14 | |||
Nonsense | 1438.31 | 362.11 | 1332.11 | 377.29 | |||
Accuracy Rates | |||||||
11.43 *** | 10.43 *** | 4.44 * | |||||
Semantic Jokes | 66.15 | 18.28 | 80.73 | 13.93 | |||
Literal | 80.83 | 9.27 | 89.69 | 10.82 | |||
Nonsense | 80.52 | 17.19 | 79.79 | 17.82 |
Independent Variables | B | SE.B | β | R2 | ∆R2 |
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ASD (n = 32) | |||||
Step 1: Age | 0.91 | 0.44 | 0.35 * | 0.123 * | 0.123 * |
Step 2: Age | 0.63 | 0.38 | 0.24 | ||
Idioms | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.54 *** | 0.409 *** | 0.286 *** |
TD (n = 32) | |||||
Step 1: Age | 0.55 | 0.26 | 0.36 * | 0.128 * | 0.128 * |
Step 2: Age | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.06 | ||
Idioms | 0.76 | 0.13 | 0.74 *** | 0.585 *** | 0.457 *** |
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Yankovitz, B.-e.; Kasirer, A.; Mashal, N. The Relationship between Semantic Joke and Idiom Comprehension in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Brain Sci. 2023, 13, 935. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13060935
Yankovitz B-e, Kasirer A, Mashal N. The Relationship between Semantic Joke and Idiom Comprehension in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Brain Sciences. 2023; 13(6):935. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13060935
Chicago/Turabian StyleYankovitz, Bat-el, Anat Kasirer, and Nira Mashal. 2023. "The Relationship between Semantic Joke and Idiom Comprehension in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder" Brain Sciences 13, no. 6: 935. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13060935
APA StyleYankovitz, B. -e., Kasirer, A., & Mashal, N. (2023). The Relationship between Semantic Joke and Idiom Comprehension in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Brain Sciences, 13(6), 935. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13060935