Language and music phrase boundary processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder: An ERP study.

ABSTRACT: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is frequently associated with communicative impairment, regardless of intelligence level or mental age. Impairment of prosodic processing in particular is a common feature of ASD. Despite extensive overlap in neural resources involved in prosody and music processing, music perception seems to be spared in this population. The present study is the first to investigate prosodic phrasing in ASD in both language and music, combining event-related brain potential (ERP) and behavioral methods. We tested phrase boundary processing in language and music in neuro-typical adults and high-functioning individuals with ASD. We targeted an ERP response associated with phrase boundary processing in both language and music - i.e., the Closure Positive Shift (CPS). While a la

SUBMITTER: DePriest J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5663964 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature