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

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Schelinski,  Stefanie
Max Planck Research Group Neural Mechanisms of Human Communication, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society;
Technische Universität Dresden ;

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von Kriegstein,  Katharina
Max Planck Research Group Neural Mechanisms of Human Communication, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society;
Technische Universität Dresden ;

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Schelinski, S., & von Kriegstein, K. (2018). The relation between vocal pitch and vocal emotion recognition abilities in people with autism spectrum disorder and typical development. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi:10.1007/s10803-018-3681-z.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0001-A88F-1
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.