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Staying on topic or shifting away? Interests drive conversation topic in autistic and neurotypical children

Abbot-Smith, Kirsten, Carpenter, Katie, Howard, Amy, Matthews, Danielle, Leekam, Susan, Bannard, Colin, Ferguson, Heather J., Forrester, Michael A. (2026) Staying on topic or shifting away? Interests drive conversation topic in autistic and neurotypical children. In: Child Language Symposium. (In press) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:114656)

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Item Type: Conference proceeding
Uncontrolled keywords: autism; child; conversation; interests; restricted and repetitive behaviours; topic management; core language; cognitive flexibility
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Institutional Unit: Schools > School of Psychology
Schools > School of Psychology > Psychology
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Funders: Leverhulme Trust (https://ror.org/012mzw131)
Depositing User: Kirsten Abbot-Smith
Date Deposited: 10 May 2026 08:50 UTC
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2026 09:27 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/114656 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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