Rapport bref: discrimination de la langue étrangère et traits autistiques dans la population non clinique

Aperçu: G.M.
Il est suggéré que les personnes avec des "états du spectre de l'autisme" (ASC) ont une discrimination perceptuelle améliorée, mais des découvertes incohérentes ont été signalées pour la discrimination de niveau.
Les résultats indiquent que la sous-échelle de compétences sociales du Quotient du spectre autistique était associée à une discrimination de la parole étrangère,, ce qui suggère que les personnes moins socialement compétentes et moins sociables ont été moins en mesure de discriminer le  niveau de la parole étrangère. 

J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Sep 9. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3298-7.

Brief Report: Discrimination of Foreign Speech Pitch and Autistic Traits in Non-Clinical Population

Iao LS¹, Wippich A², Lam YH³.

Author information

1

Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK. lai-sang.iao@ntu.ac.uk.

2

Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK.

3

Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, College of Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.

Abstract

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) are widely suggested to show enhanced perceptual discrimination but inconsistent findings have been reported for pitch discrimination. Given the high variability in ASC, this study investigated whether ASC traits were correlated with pitch discrimination in an undergraduate sample when musical and language experiences were taken into consideration. Results indicated that the social skills subscale of the Autism Spectrum Quotient was associated with foreign speech pitch discrimination, suggesting that individuals who were less sociable and socially skillful were less able to discriminate foreign speech pitch. Current findings have an implication in investigating individual differences in ASC and further investigation is needed for spelling out the relationship between the non-social and social aspects of ASC.

PMID:28889325

DOI:10.1007/s10803-017-3298-7