Just read through this. Fascinating in Fig 2, the data shows a stark difference in how individuals with and without ASD interpret music as a social function or not. It would make sense if individuals use music for coping, they would do it alone more often. As well as value social listening less.
#Autistic and non-autistic adults show similar reasons for #music listening, with #coping emerging as a specific area of greater use among autistic adults. @erc.europa.eu #EUFunded co-authored by the wonderful @jiahoong.bsky.social, Jiayin Li, & two year-long placement students, Maleeha and Zivile!
We studied how sentence meaning is processed by #autistic individuals while listening to instrumental #music, English and Simlish lyrics with fascinating insights. #EUfunded @erc.europa.eu
Our findings help understand how #autistic individuals process speech in noisy environments. @erc.europa.eu #EUfunded First author is the wonderful Jiayin Li!
I'm giving a talk online about our MAP (music-assisted programmes) feasibility RCT on using music to facilitate language learning in autism at the International Autism and Listening Conference (lnkd.in/gR-g8nZS) on 24 May.
We are delighted to share that our work on emotion recognition in #autism, published in Autism Research, has ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by the journal in 2023. First author is the wonderful @florenceynleung.bsky.social. #TopViewedArticle @erc.europa.eu #EUfunded