TY - JOUR
T1 - Strong Relationship Between Rapid Auditory Processing and Affective Prosody Recognition Among Adults with High Autistic Traits
AU - Lui, Ming
AU - Lau, Gilbert Ka Bo
AU - Han, Yvonne Ming Yee
AU - Yuen, Kevin Chi Pun
AU - Sommer, Werner
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by Hong Kong Research Grants Committee (Grant No. 12604418) to Ming Lui.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature
PY - 2023/8
Y1 - 2023/8
N2 - This study investigated whether individuals with high autistic traits rely on psychoacoustic abilities in affective prosody recognition (APR). In 94 college students, Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) and psychoacoustic abilities were measured. Results indicated that higher AQ, higher rapid auditory processing (RAP), and maleness were associated with a lower APR accuracy for low-intensity prosodies. There was a strong positive association between RAP and APR for participants with high AQ, whereas low-AQ participants showed no such pattern. The findings suggest a reliance on psychoacoustic abilities as compensatory mechanism for deficits in higher-order processing of emotional signals in social interactions, and imply potential benefits of auditory interventions in improving APR among individuals with high autistic traits.
AB - This study investigated whether individuals with high autistic traits rely on psychoacoustic abilities in affective prosody recognition (APR). In 94 college students, Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) and psychoacoustic abilities were measured. Results indicated that higher AQ, higher rapid auditory processing (RAP), and maleness were associated with a lower APR accuracy for low-intensity prosodies. There was a strong positive association between RAP and APR for participants with high AQ, whereas low-AQ participants showed no such pattern. The findings suggest a reliance on psychoacoustic abilities as compensatory mechanism for deficits in higher-order processing of emotional signals in social interactions, and imply potential benefits of auditory interventions in improving APR among individuals with high autistic traits.
KW - Affective prosody
KW - Autistic traits
KW - Pitch direction recognition
KW - Rapid auditory processing
KW - Speech processing
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-022-05600-4
DO - 10.1007/s10803-022-05600-4
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 53
SP - 3180
EP - 3193
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 8
ER -
