Deficits in auditory processing contribute to impairments in vocal affect recognition in autism spectrum disorders: A MEG study
| Autor: | Brandon E. Kopald, Whitney E. Andrews, Jeffrey D. Lewine, Joyce Hopkins, Carly Demopoulos, Lauren Doyle, Kim M. Paulson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Auditory perception medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Autism Spectrum Disorder Sensory system Audiology Affect (psychology) behavioral disciplines and activities Article mental disorders medicine Humans Child Cerebral Cortex Sensory gating medicine.diagnostic_test Magnetoencephalography Recognition Psychology medicine.disease Affect Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology medicine.anatomical_structure Social Perception Autism spectrum disorder Child Preschool Auditory Perception Autism Psychology Auditory Physiology Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Neuropsychology. 29:895-908 |
| ISSN: | 1931-1559 0894-4105 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this study was to examine whether there is an association between magnetoencephalography-based (MEG) indices of basic cortical auditory processing and vocal affect recognition (VAR) ability in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHOD MEG data were collected from 25 children/adolescents with ASD and 12 control participants using a paired-tone paradigm to measure quality of auditory physiology, sensory gating, and rapid auditory processing. Group differences were examined in auditory processing and vocal affect recognition ability. The relationship between differences in auditory processing and vocal affect recognition deficits was examined in the ASD group. RESULTS Replicating prior studies, participants with ASD showed longer M1n latencies and impaired rapid processing compared with control participants. These variables were significantly related to VAR, with the linear combination of auditory processing variables accounting for approximately 30% of the variability after controlling for age and language skills in participants with ASD. CONCLUSIONS VAR deficits in ASD are typically interpreted as part of a core, higher order dysfunction of the "social brain"; however, these results suggest they also may reflect basic deficits in auditory processing that compromise the extraction of socially relevant cues from the auditory environment. As such, they also suggest that therapeutic targeting of sensory dysfunction in ASD may have additional positive implications for other functional deficits. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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