When words lead to solutions: Executive function deficits in preschool children with specific language impairment

Lexical Processing in School-Age Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Children with Specific Language Impairment: The Role of Semantics

“…Although the children with ASD tended to have poorer updating performance, and children with ASD and SLI tended to have poorer shifting performance, overall, groups did not differ significantly in EF task performance. This finding is in contrast with previous work that has revealed EF deficits in children with ASD (Bennetto, Pennington, & Rogers, 1996; Landa & Goldberg, 2005) and in children with SLI (Henry et al, 2012; Roello, Ferretti, Colonnello, & Levi, 2015). However, previous work has yielded mixed findings of EF deficits in children with ASD and SLI (Griffith, Pennington, Wehner, & Rogers, 1999; Henry et al, 2012; Kenworthy, Yerys, Anthony, & Wallace, 2008).…”

Executive and intellectual functioning in school-aged children with specific language impairment

“…Deviant development of language skills probably reflects on the development of EFs, as inner speech has an important role in programming and regulating behaviour (Roello et al . , Stuss and Benson , Vygotsky ). On the other hand, abnormal neurological development in SLI might produce cognitive deficits in both language and other higher cognitive functions.…”

“…In the study by Roello et al . () preschool children with SLI also had more difficulties with planning on the TOL task than their peers. Similarly, Henry et al .…”

“…They also showed less cognitive flexibility in the study of Roello et al . (). In contrast, some studies (e.g.…”

“…The study of Roello et al . () shows that preschool‐aged children with SLI perform worse than typically developing (TD) peers in problem solving tasks reflecting difficulties in language use when executive functioning is needed.…”