Deficient auditory processing in children with Asperger Syndrome, as indexed by event-related potentials. Jansson-Verkasalo, E., Ceponiene, R., Kielinen, M., Suominen, K., Jäntti, V., Linna, S. L., Moilanen, I., & Näätänen, R. Neuroscience letters, 338(3):197–200, March, 2003.
Deficient auditory processing in children with Asperger Syndrome, as indexed by event-related potentials. [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
Asperger Syndrome (AS) is characterized by normal language development but deficient understanding and use of the intonation and prosody of speech. While individuals with AS report difficulties in auditory perception, there are no studies addressing auditory processing at the sensory level. In this study, event-related potentials (ERP) were recorded for syllables and tones in children with AS and in their control counterparts. Children with AS displayed abnormalities in transient sound-feature encoding, as indexed by the obligatory ERPs, and in sound discrimination, as indexed by the mismatch negativity. These deficits were more severe for the tone stimuli than for the syllables. These results indicate that auditory sensory processing is deficient in children with AS, and that these deficits might be implicated in the perceptual problems encountered by children with AS.
@article{jansson-verkasalo_deficient_2003,
	title = {Deficient auditory processing in children with {Asperger} {Syndrome}, as indexed by event-related potentials.},
	volume = {338},
	issn = {0304-3940},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12581830},
	abstract = {Asperger Syndrome (AS) is characterized by normal language development but deficient understanding and use of the intonation and prosody of speech. While individuals with AS report difficulties in auditory perception, there are no studies addressing auditory processing at the sensory level. In this study, event-related potentials (ERP) were recorded for syllables and tones in children with AS and in their control counterparts. Children with AS displayed abnormalities in transient sound-feature encoding, as indexed by the obligatory ERPs, and in sound discrimination, as indexed by the mismatch negativity. These deficits were more severe for the tone stimuli than for the syllables. These results indicate that auditory sensory processing is deficient in children with AS, and that these deficits might be implicated in the perceptual problems encountered by children with AS.},
	number = {3},
	urldate = {2015-06-01},
	journal = {Neuroscience letters},
	author = {Jansson-Verkasalo, Eira and Ceponiene, Rita and Kielinen, Marko and Suominen, Kalervo and Jäntti, Ville and Linna, Sirkka Liisa and Moilanen, Irma and Näätänen, Risto},
	month = mar,
	year = {2003},
	pmid = {12581830},
	keywords = {Acoustic Stimulation, Asperger Syndrome, Asperger Syndrome: complications, Asperger Syndrome: physiopathology, Auditory Perception, Auditory Perception: physiology, Auditory Perceptual Disorders, Auditory Perceptual Disorders: etiology, Auditory Perceptual Disorders: physiopathology, Child, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Evoked Potentials, Auditory: physiology, Female, Humans, Male},
	pages = {197--200},
}

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