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We investigated whether variability in colour at referent selection similarly influences novel label generalisation in vocabulary-delayed autistic children \u2013 a population potentially characterised by differences in shape encoding.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Thirty-two autistic (\n                      <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\n                      age = 116.63 months) and 32 neurotypical (\n                      <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\n                      age = 56.72 months) children matched on receptive vocabulary (autistic\n                      <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\n                      age equivalent = 67.78 months; neurotypical\n                      <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\n                      age equivalent = 68.25 months) used a touchscreen computer to disambiguate new noun-object mappings with objects of the same or different colours. Children were then tested on their retention and shape-based generalisation after a 5-minute delay.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Neurotypical children\u2019s generalisation was significantly more accurate - and only above-chance - in the same colour condition. Conversely, autistic children displayed similar above-chance generalisation accuracy in both the same and different colours conditions. For referent selection and retention, children in both groups achieved above-chance accuracy, with no significant differences between conditions. Finally, response time at referent selection, retention, and generalisation did not significantly differ between populations or conditions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Unlike neurotypical children, autistic children were not similarly disadvantaged by variability in object colour at referent selection, suggesting robust encoding of shape across perceptually varied learning conditions. 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