Processing of Affective Speech Prosody Is Impaired in Asperger Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Korpilahti, Pirjo; Jansson-Verkasalo, Eira; Mattila, Marja-Leena; Kuusikko, Sanna; Suominen, Kalervo; Rytky, Seppo; Pauls, David L.; Moilanen, Irma
Titel	Processing of Affective Speech Prosody Is Impaired in Asperger Syndrome
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37 (2007) 8, S.1539-1549 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-006-0271-2
Schlagwörter	Suprasegmentals; Males; Asperger Syndrome; Language Processing; Speech Communication; Diagnostic Tests; Comparative Analysis; Neurology; Fathers; Cognitive Processes; Speech Impairments; Auditory Perception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Asperger-Syndrom; Sprachverarbeitung; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Neurologie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik
Abstract	Many people with the diagnosis of Asperger syndrome (AS) show poorly developed skills in understanding emotional messages. The present study addressed discrimination of speech prosody in children with AS at neurophysiological level. Detection of affective prosody was investigated in one-word utterances as indexed by the N1 and the mismatch negativity (MMN) of auditory event-related potentials (ERPs). Data from fourteen boys with AS were compared with those for thirteen typically developed boys. These results suggest atypical neural responses to affective prosody in children with AS and their fathers, especially over the RH, and that this impairment can already be seen at low-level information processes. Our results provide evidence for familial patterns of abnormal auditory brain reactions to prosodic features of speech. (Author).
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