TY - JOUR
T1 - The takete-maluma phenomenon in autism spectrum disorders
AU - Occelli, Valeria
AU - Esposito, Gianluca
AU - Venuti, Paola
AU - Arduino, Giuseppe Maurizio
AU - Zampini, Massimiliano
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - It has been reported that people tend to preferentially associate phonemes like /m/,/l/,/n/ to curvilinear shapes and phonemes like /t /t/,/z/,/r/,/k/ to rectilinear shapes. Here we evaluated the performance of children/adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and neurotypical controls in this audiovisual congruency phenomenon. Pairs of visual patterns (curvilinear vs rectilinear) were presented to a group of ASD participants (low- or high-functioning) and a group of age-matched neurotypical controls. Participants were asked to associate each item to non-meaningful phoneme clusters. ASD participants showed a lower proportion of expected association responses than the controls. Within the ASD group the performance varied as a function of the severity of the symptomatology. These data suggest that children/adolescents with ASD show, although at different degrees as a function of the severity of the ASD, lower phonetic-iconic congruency response patterns than neurotypical controls, pointing to poorer multisensory integration capabilities.
AB - It has been reported that people tend to preferentially associate phonemes like /m/,/l/,/n/ to curvilinear shapes and phonemes like /t /t/,/z/,/r/,/k/ to rectilinear shapes. Here we evaluated the performance of children/adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and neurotypical controls in this audiovisual congruency phenomenon. Pairs of visual patterns (curvilinear vs rectilinear) were presented to a group of ASD participants (low- or high-functioning) and a group of age-matched neurotypical controls. Participants were asked to associate each item to non-meaningful phoneme clusters. ASD participants showed a lower proportion of expected association responses than the controls. Within the ASD group the performance varied as a function of the severity of the symptomatology. These data suggest that children/adolescents with ASD show, although at different degrees as a function of the severity of the ASD, lower phonetic-iconic congruency response patterns than neurotypical controls, pointing to poorer multisensory integration capabilities.
KW - Autism spectrum disorders
KW - Crossmodal correspondences
KW - Pseudosynesthetic correspondences
KW - Sound symbolism
KW - Takete-maluma
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U2 - 10.1068/p7357
DO - 10.1068/p7357
M3 - Article (journal)
AN - SCOPUS:84875792996
SN - 0301-0066
VL - 42
SP - 233
EP - 241
JO - Perception
JF - Perception
IS - 2
ER -