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F. Lainé, C. Tardif, and C. Psycle, Aix-en-Provence, France Bruno Gepner Laboratoire Parole et Langage Université de Provence and Fédération Autisme Vie Entière, Hôpital Montperrin, Aix-en-Provence, France France Lainé is now at affiliation: Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology This research was partially supported by a grant from the multidisciplinary " Cognition et Traitement de l'Information " CNRS program and by an Orange Foundation grant to France Lainé for her PhD in psychology. We would like to thank the MA psychology students Hélène Teyssèdre, CNRS UMR 6057 Akselle DiBattista and Anne-Laurie NDjikessi for their help with the testing and data analysis. We are also grateful to Philippe Blache, director of the " Laboratoire Parole et Langage " , for his scientific contribution, and to Pr

. Burack, Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to: France Lainé, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology