The relation between vocal pitch and vocal emotion recognition abilities in people with autism spectrum disorder and typical development

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Beitragende

Abstract

We tested the relation between vocal emotion and vocal pitch perception abilities in adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and pairwise matched adults with typical development. The ASD group had impaired vocal but typical non-vocal pitch and vocal timbre perception abilities. The ASD group showed less accurate vocal emotion perception than the comparison group and vocal emotion perception abilities were correlated with traits and symptoms associated with ASD. Vocal pitch and vocal emotion perception abilities were significantly correlated in the comparison group only. Our results suggest that vocal emotion recognition difficulties in ASD might not only be based on difficulties with complex social tasks, but also on difficulties with processing of basic sensory features, such as vocal pitch.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)68-82
Seitenumfang15
FachzeitschriftJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Jahrgang49
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Jan. 2019
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMedCentral PMC6331502
Scopus 85050102660
ORCID /0000-0001-7989-5860/work/142244382

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Adolescent, Adult, Auditory Perception, Autism Spectrum Disorder/psychology, Case-Control Studies, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pitch Perception, Voice, Young Adult