Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
Center for Child Development, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2023 Aug;53(8):3180-3193. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05600-4. Epub 2022 Jun 2.
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.
本研究旨在探讨高自闭症特质个体是否依赖于感知声音能力来进行情感韵律识别（APR）。在 94 名大学生中，测量了自闭症谱系商数（AQ）和感知声音能力。结果表明，较高的 AQ、较高的快速听觉处理（RAP）和男性特征与低强度韵律的 APR 准确性较低相关。对于 AQ 较高的参与者，RAP 与 APR 之间存在强烈的正相关，而 AQ 较低的参与者则没有这种模式。研究结果表明，在社交互动中，对情绪信号的高阶处理存在缺陷，个体可能依赖感知声音能力作为补偿机制，这暗示了听觉干预在提高高自闭症特质个体 APR 方面的潜在益处。
