The Subjective Experience of Music in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Allen, Rory; Hill, Elisabeth L. and Heaton, Pam F..
2009.
The Subjective Experience of Music in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1169(1),
pp. 326-331.
ISSN 00778923
[Article]
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 high-functioning adults on the autism spectrum in order to examine the nature of their personal experiences of music.
The analysis showed that most participants exploit music for a wide range of purposes in the cognitive, emotional and social domains, but the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) group’s descriptions of mood states reflected a greater reliance on internally focused (arousal) rather than externally focused (emotive) language, when compared with studies of typically developing individuals.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords | music, autism spectrum, arousal |
| Subjects |
Biological Sciences > Clinical Psychology Biological Sciences > Psychology |
| Departments, Centres and Research Units | Psychology |
| Date Deposited | 26 Mar 2010 13:46 |
| Last Modified | 30 Jun 2017 15:46 |