Il est suggéré que les personnes avec des "états du spectre de l'autisme" (ASC) ont une discrimination perceptuelle améliorée, mais des découvertes incohérentes ont été signalées pour la discrimination de niveau.
Les résultats indiquent que la sous-échelle de compétences sociales du Quotient du spectre autistique était associée à une discrimination de la parole étrangère,, ce qui suggère que les personnes moins socialement compétentes et moins sociables ont été moins en mesure de discriminer le niveau de la parole étrangère.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Sep 9. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3298-7.
Brief Report: Discrimination of Foreign Speech Pitch and Autistic Traits in Non-Clinical Population
Author information
- 1
- Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK. lai-sang.iao@ntu.ac.uk.
- 2
- Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK.
- 3
- Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, College of Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Abstract
Individuals with Autism
Spectrum Conditions (ASC) are widely suggested to show enhanced
perceptual discrimination but inconsistent findings have been reported
for pitch discrimination. Given the high variability in ASC, this study
investigated whether ASC traits were correlated with pitch
discrimination in an undergraduate sample when musical and language
experiences were taken into consideration. Results indicated that the
social skills subscale of the Autism
Spectrum Quotient was associated with foreign speech pitch
discrimination, suggesting that individuals who were less sociable and
socially skillful were less able to discriminate foreign speech pitch.
Current findings have an implication in investigating individual
differences in ASC and further investigation is needed for spelling out
the relationship between the non-social and social aspects of ASC.
- PMID:28889325
- DOI:10.1007/s10803-017-3298-7
