Strong Relationship Between Rapid Auditory Processing and Affective Prosody Recognition Among Adults with High Autistic Traits

Ming Lui; Gilbert Ka Bo Lau; Yvonne Ming Yee Han; Kevin Chi Pun Yuen; Werner Sommer

doi:10.1007/s10803-022-05600-4

Strong Relationship Between Rapid Auditory Processing and Affective Prosody Recognition Among Adults with High Autistic Traits

Ming Lui^*, Gilbert Ka Bo Lau, Yvonne Ming Yee Han, Kevin Chi Pun Yuen, Werner Sommer

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Abstract

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.

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3180–3193
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	53
Issue number	8
Online published	2 Jun 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05600-4
Publication status	Published - Aug 2023
Externally published	Yes

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This study was funded by Hong Kong Research Grants Committee (Grant No. 12604418) to Ming Lui.

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Affective prosody
Autistic traits
Rapid auditory processing
Pitch direction recognition
Speech processing

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