The role of nonverbal working memory in morphosyntactic processing by children with specific language impairment and autism spectrum disorders

Table 2 Summary of nonverbal working memory and morphosyntactic processing relationships for the diagnostic groups and language status groups

Diagnostic groups	A’ early errors	A’ late errors	RT Early Errors	RT late errors
TD	NS	R ² = 0.20*	NS	R ² = 0.22*
ASD	R ² = 0.30*	R ² = 0.31*	NS	NS
SLI	NS	NS	NS	NS
Language status Groups
NL	NS	R ² = 0.20*	NS	NS
LI	R ² = 0.21*	NS	NS	NS

Note: A’ sensitivity, RT reaction time, TD typical development, ASD autism spectrum disorders, SLI specific language impairment, NL normal language, LI language impairment, NS not significant
*p ^′ < .05 after Holm-Bonferroni correction

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