Mental representations of speech and musical pitch contours reveal a diversity of profiles in autism spectrum disorder.
Autism
; 27(3): 629-646, 2023 04.
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ABSTRACT
LAY ABSTRACT As a key auditory attribute of sounds, pitch is ubiquitous in our everyday listening experience involving language, music and environmental sounds. Given its critical role in auditory processing related to communication, numerous studies have investigated pitch processing in autism spectrum disorder. However, the findings have been mixed, reporting either enhanced, typical or impaired performance among autistic individuals. By investigating top-down comparisons of internal mental representations of pitch contours in speech and music, this study shows for the first time that, while autistic individuals exhibit diverse profiles of pitch processing compared to non-autistic individuals, their mental representations of pitch contours are typical across domains. These findings suggest that pitch-processing mechanisms are shared across domains in autism spectrum disorder and provide theoretical implications for using music to improve speech for those autistic individuals who have language problems.
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Percepção da Fala
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Transtorno do Espectro Autista
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Música
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En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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