Deficient auditory processing in children with Asperger Syndrome, as indexed by event-related potentials

E Jansson-Verkasalo, R Ceponienè, M Kielinen… - Neuroscience …, 2003 - Elsevier
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 …

Auditory perception and attention as reflected by the brain event-related potentials in children with Asperger syndrome

T Lepistö, S Silokallio, T Nieminen-von Wendt… - Clinical …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Language development is delayed and deviant in individuals with autism, but
proceeds quite normally in those with Asperger syndrome (AS). We investigated auditory …

Auditory cortical change detection in adults with Asperger syndrome

T Lepistö, T Nieminen-von Wendt, L von Wendt… - Neuroscience …, 2007 - Elsevier
The present study investigated whether auditory deficits reported in children with Asperger
syndrome (AS) are also present in adulthood. To this end, event-related potentials (ERPs) …

Similarities in the phenotype of the auditory neural substrate in children with Asperger syndrome and their parents

E Jansson‐Verkasalo, T Kujala… - European Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Asperger syndrome (AS) is a developmental disorder of brain function characterized by
deficits in social interaction including difficulties in understanding emotional expressions …

Processing of affective speech prosody is impaired in Asperger syndrome

P Korpilahti, E Jansson-Verkasalo, ML Mattila… - Journal of Autism and …, 2007 - Springer
Many people with the diagnosis of Asperger syndrome (AS) show poorly developed skills in
understanding emotional messages. The present study addressed discrimination of speech …

Auditory stream segregation in children with Asperger syndrome

T Lepistö, A Kuitunen, E Sussman, S Saalasti… - Biological …, 2009 - Elsevier
Individuals with Asperger syndrome (AS) often have difficulties in perceiving speech in noisy
environments. The present study investigated whether this might be explained by deficient …

Speech-feature discrimination in children with Asperger syndrome as determined with the multi-feature mismatch negativity paradigm

T Kujala, S Kuuluvainen, S Saalasti… - Clinical …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Asperger syndrome, belonging to the autistic spectrum of disorders, involves
deficits in social interaction and prosodic use of language but normal development of formal …

The discrimination of and orienting to speech and non-speech sounds in children with autism

T Lepistö, T Kujala, R Vanhala, P Alku, M Huotilainen… - Brain research, 2005 - Elsevier
The present study aimed to find out how different stages of cortical auditory processing
(sound encoding, discrimination, and orienting) are affected in children with autism. To this …

Neurophysiological evidence for cortical discrimination impairment of prosody in Asperger syndrome

T Kujala, T Lepistö, T Nieminen-von Wendt… - Neuroscience …, 2005 - Elsevier
Asperger syndrome (AS), belonging to the autism spectrum of disorders, is one of the
pervasive developmental disorders. Individuals with AS usually have normal development of …

Speech–sound-selective auditory impairment in children with autism: they can perceive but do not attend

R Čeponienė, T Lepistö… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
In autism, severe abnormalities in social behavior coexist with aberrant attention and
deficient language. In the attentional domain, attention to people and socially relevant …