SOCIAL AND ATTENTIONAL ASPECTS OF ECHOLALIA IN HIGHLY ECHOLALIC MENTALLY-RETARDED PERSONS

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 82  (4) , 414-416
Abstract
Echolalia [repetition by a patient of words addressed to him] was examined in a sample of highly echolalic mentally retarded individuals. When presented with a standard set of questions, under conditions differing in appropriateness for exchange of discourse (e.g., questions presented with examiner and patient face-to-face vs. questions presented with the examiner''s face averted vs. questions addressed towards another person sitting silently beside the patient), subjects'' frequency of echolalia varied. Besides showing considerable sensitivity to aspects of discourse exchange, subjects exhibited some limited capacity for processing linguistic information.

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