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Cognitive Aspects of Research on Asperger-patients

Description of the project:
People with Asperger-Syndrome exhibit a deviating profile the comprehension of non-literal / figurative language. We use eye tracking techniques and other psycholinguistic paradigms to study the comprehension metaphors and irony.

contact person: Konieczny L
Phone: 4942
Email: lars@cognition.uni-freiburg.de
Runtime:
Start of project: 2012
End of project: (unlimited)
Project Management:
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Konieczny L, Haser V, Riedel A
Institut für Psychologie
Abt. Kognitionswissenschaft und Genderforschung
Hebelstr. 10
79104 Freiburg i. Br.
Germany

Phone: 0761 / 2034933
Fax: 0761 / 2034938
Email: sekretariat@cognition.uni-freiburg.de
http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/
Actual Research Report
Keywords:
    Asperger, Ironie, Metaphern
project-related publications:
  • Haser Verena, Schmidt Kirsten, Konieczny Lars: The on-line processing of verbal irony Fifth International Conference of the German Society for Cognitive Linguistics, 2012.