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H Danielsson1, J Rönnberg, J Andersson
1The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping, Sweden. henda@ibv.liu.se
Background:
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of familiarity of depicted persons and environments in recognition of photographs for pupils with different degrees of intellectual disability (ID).
Method:
Forty-five pupils with ID participated.
Results:
An interaction effect between the two variables, person and environment, was found in addition to main effects for both the variables. Pictures of the test person himself or herself in familiar environments were easier to recognize than in unfamiliar environments, whereas the opposite was found for pictures of other familiar persons. No interaction effects of degree of ID were found.
Conclusions:
The interaction pattern is explained in terms of absent, present or implausible semantic associations between the person and the environmental context. The results are discussed in relation to augmentative and alternative communication with photographs.
