[en] Impaired facial emotion recognition in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is in contrast to their intact emotional music recognition. This study tested whether emotion congruent music enhances facial emotion recognition. Accuracy and reaction times were assessed for 19 children with ASD and 31 controls in a recognition task with angry, happy, or sad faces. Stimuli were shown with either emotionally congruent or incongruent music or no music. Although children with ASD had higher reaction times than controls, accuracy only differed when incongruent or no music was played, indicating that congruent emotional music can boost facial emotion recognition in children with ASD. Emotion congruent music may support emotion recognition in children with ASD, and thus may improve their social skills.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & comportement
Auteur, co-auteur :
Wagener, Gary
Berning, Madeleine
PINTO COELHO DA COSTA, Andreia ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
STEFFGEN, Georges ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
MELZER, André ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)
Co-auteurs externes :
yes
Langue du document :
Anglais
Titre :
Effects of Emotional Music on Facial Emotion Recognition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Date de publication/diffusion :
18 novembre 2020
Titre du périodique :
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
ISSN :
0162-3257
eISSN :
1573-3432
Maison d'édition :
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, Etats-Unis - New York
