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Auditory perception is associated with implicit language learning and receptive language ability in autism spectrum disorder

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Arnett, Anne B., Hudac, Caitlin M., DesChamps, Trent D., Cairney, Brianna E., Gerdts, Jennifer, Wallace, Arianne S., Bernier, Raphael A., Webb, Sara J.·2018·Brain and Language
DOI 10.1016/j.bandl.2018.09.007PMC PMC7970711
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Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with language impairment as well as atypical auditory sensory processing. The current study investigated associations among auditory perception, implicit language learning and receptive language ability in youth with ASD. Methods We measured auditory event related potentials (ERP) during an artificial language statistical learning task in 76 youth with ASD and 27 neurotypical (NT) controls. Participants with ASD had a broad range of cognitive and language abilities. Results NT youth showed evidence of implicit learning via attenuated P1 amplitude in the left hemisphere. In contrast, among youth with ASD, implicit learning elicited bilateral attenuation that was increasingly evident with greater receptive language skill. Conclusions Efficient early auditory perception reflects language learning and is a marker of language ability among youth with ASD. Atypical lateralization of word learning is evident in ASD across a broad range of receptive language abilities.

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  • Some ASD studies focused on early ERP components mainly show reduced P1 latencies and amplitude.

    “Some ASD studies have focused on early ERP components (Table 6), mainly showing reduced P1 latencies and amplitude (Patel et al. 2019; Arnett et al. 2018; Bidet-caulet et al. 2017).”

    From Autism Spectrum Disorder and auditory sensory alterations: a systematic review on the integrity of cognitive and neuronal functions related to auditory processing (2023) · cites this paper as Arnett et al. 2018

    The Methods and Materials and Results sections show that Arnett et al. studied the early P1 component in youth with ASD. The Introduction reports reduced early perceptual ERP amplitudes to speech-like stimuli in prior ASD studies, but says those studies found no latency differences. Arnett et al.’s own Results found no overall ASD–control difference in P1 amplitude or latency, so this source does not support the claimed pattern of reductions in both. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Older children with non-verbal IQ impairments presented bilateral attenuation in a word-learning task, as opposed to attenuated P1 amplitude present in the left hemisphere of TD children.

    “Older children with non-verbal IQ impairments presented bilateral attenuation in a word-learning task, as opposed to attenuated P1 amplitude present in the left hemisphere of TD children (Arnett et al. 2018).”

    From Autism Spectrum Disorder and auditory sensory alterations: a systematic review on the integrity of cognitive and neuronal functions related to auditory processing (2023) · cites this paper as Arnett et al. 2018

    The Abstract (Results; page not provided) reports bilateral attenuation in youth with ASD and left-hemisphere P1 attenuation in neurotypical youth during implicit word learning. It does not identify the bilateral pattern as a finding in children with nonverbal IQ impairments. The Results (Receptive language effects in ASD; page not provided) instead associate attenuation with greater receptive language ability, after accounting for nonverbal IQ. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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Arnett, A. B., Hudac, C. M., DesChamps, T. D., Cairney, B. E., Gerdts, J., Wallace, A. S., Bernier, R. A., & Webb, S. J.
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  • University of Washington (US)
  • Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
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Arnett, Anne B.
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Brain and Language
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Elsevier BV
Published
2018-12
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187
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1-8
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0093-934X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.bandl.2018.09.007
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PMC7970711
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  • National Institutes of Mental Health
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the University of Washington’s Center on Human Development and Disability (U54 HD083091)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, auditory perception, implicit language learning, statistical learning, receptive language, auditory event-related potentials, P1 component, hemispheric lateralization, word learning, language impairment, youth
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adolescent, Auditory Perception, Child, Evoked Potentials, Female, Humans, Language Development, Male

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