The Effects of Autism and Alexithymia on Physiological and Verbal Responsiveness to Music

被引:68
作者
Allen, Rory [1 ]
Davis, Rob [1 ]
Hill, Elisabeth [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ London, Dept Psychol, London SE14 6NW, England
关键词
Autism; Music; Alexithymia; Emotion; RESPONSES; EMOTIONS; CHILDREN; ADULTS; EXPERIENCE; VALIDITY; NOISE;
D O I
10.1007/s10803-012-1587-8
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
It has been suggested that individuals with autism will be less responsive to the emotional content of music than typical individuals. With the aim of testing this hypothesis, a group of high-functioning adults on the autism spectrum was compared with a group of matched controls on two measures of emotional responsiveness to music, comprising physiological and verbal measures. Impairment in participants ability to verbalize their emotions (type-II alexithymia) was also assessed. The groups did not differ significantly on physiological responsiveness, but the autism group was significantly lower on the verbal measure. However, inclusion of the alexithymia score as a mediator variable nullified this group difference, suggesting that the difference was due not to absence of underlying emotional responsiveness to music in autism, but to a reduced ability to articulate it.
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页码:432 / 444
页数:13
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