Fostering Spontaneous Visual Attention in Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Proof‐of‐Concept Study Comparing Singing and Speech

Thompson, Grace; Abel, Larry A

doi:10.1002/aur.1930

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“…Music therapy can include various forms of music‐making, especially singing, because vocal melodies are more memorable than other melodies, as shown here and elsewhere, and because they are inherently engaging [Weiss et al, 2016]. Other research has shown a greater degree of socio‐communicative engagement for sung words than for spoken words in children with ASD [Paul et al, 2015; Thompson & Abel, 2018]. In short, we recommend the inclusion of vocal music in therapeutic interventions, where feasible, rather than assuming that voice processing difficulties in nonmusical contexts preclude productive use of the voice in musical contexts.…”

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“…For individuals with ASD, impaired processing of vocalizations and typical or enhanced processing of nonvocal music make their processing of vocal music of particular interest. When language is sung rather than spoken, it elicits greater engagement [Paul et al, 2015; Simpson, Keen, & Lamb, 2013; Thompson & Abel, 2018] and more typical patterns of fronto‐temporal connectivity [Lai, Pantazatos, Schneider, & Hirsch, 2012; Sharda, Midha, Malik, Mukerji, & Singh, 2015] in individuals with ASD. These findings imply that atypical processing of vocalizations is limited to speech and other nonmusical contexts or that music engages a distinctive mode of processing in this population.…”

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Enhanced Memory for Vocal Melodies in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome

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Adults and children with typical development (TD) remember vocal melodies (without lyrics) better than instrumental melodies, which is attributed to the biological and social significance of human vocalizations. Here we asked whether children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who have persistent difficulties with communication and social interaction, and adolescents and adults with Williams syndrome (WS), who are highly sociable, even indiscriminately friendly, exhibit a memory advantage for vocal melodies like that observed in individuals with TD. We tested 26 children with ASD, 26 adolescents and adults with WS of similar mental age, and 26 children with TD on their memory for vocal and instrumental (piano, marimba) melodies. After exposing them to 12 unfamiliar folk melodies with different timbres, we required them to indicate whether each of 24 melodies (half heard previously) was old (heard before) or new (not heard before) during an unexpected recognition test. Although the groups successfully distinguished the old from the new melodies, they differed in overall memory. Nevertheless, they exhibited a comparable advantage for vocal melodies. In short, individuals with ASD and WS show enhanced processing of socially significant auditory signals in the context of music. Lay summary Typically developing children and adults remember vocal melodies better than instrumental melodies. In this study, we found that children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, who have severe social processing deficits, and children and adults with Williams syndrome, who are highly sociable, exhibit comparable memory advantages for vocal melodies. The results have implications for musical interventions with these populations.

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Enhanced Memory for Vocal Melodies in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome

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“…Eye-tracking studies measuring gaze toward social target areas in still pictures ( 22 ), videos ( 23 ), or in vivo social interactions using computer applications ( 24 ) have revealed notable differences in individuals with autism. Thompson et al reported that ASD children have difficulty looking at people, particularly their faces, but when they watched videos of someone singing or reading a story, they would look more at the person if they were singing and if the story was familiar to them; thus, using songs and familiar stories may be a way to help children with autism to naturally engage with others ( 25 ). Similar studies have shown that music can be used to improve emotion recognition in facial expressions and emotion induction through facial stimulation in children with high functioning ASDs ( 26 ).…”

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Effects of different types of visual music on the prefrontal hemodynamics of children with autism spectrum disorder based on functional near-infrared spectroscopy

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Background: Music therapy has been shown to improve communication in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), but little is known about how different types of music and images affect hemodynamic changes in the frontal lobe of the brain in children with ASD. This study aims to use functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to explore the effects of different types of visual music on different brain regions of oxyhemoglobin (HbO) in the prefrontal lobe of children with ASD and children with typical development (TD), so as to provide evidence for better application of different types of visual music in the treatment of children with ASD. Methods: Seven children with ASD and nine matched children with TD were selected. Changes in HbO in their prefrontal lobes were determined by fNIRS after resting states and 12 different types of visual music tasks. Results: (I) Intra-group comparison: the influence of different types of light and music on ∆HbO in ROI (zone F) of ASD children is different, the activation degree shows that red light & positive music is less than green light & neutral music, red light & positive music is less than blue light & negative music, and there is no difference between green light & neutral music and blue light & negative music. (II) Comparison between groups: Visual musical tasks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 positively activated HbO in the prefrontal B and E regions of the brain in children with ASD and negatively activated HbO in TD children. Visual musical tasks 5, 9, 10, and 12 negatively activated HbO in the prefrontal F regions of the brain in children with ASD and positively activated HbO in TD children. Conclusions: When the two groups of children received the same visual music task, the changes of HbO in different regions of the prefrontal lobe were different; The effects of different types of visual music on the frontal lobe of the brain in children with ASD are inconsistent.

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“…Visual music therapy using songs and familiar stories can enhance ASD children's attention, help ASD children pay more attention to their faces, and promote ASD children to participate in social interaction more naturally and spontaneously. It is to help ASD children in a natural situation An effective way to interact with others [15] .…”

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Application of Music Therapy in Intervention Research of Autistic Children

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With the continuous development of China's information technology, medical information is also constantly innovating, which is conducive to the diversity and effectiveness of the treatment of various diseases, including autism. Music therapy is the embodiment of the innovation of information media in medical informationization. Music therapy is a kind of information communication medium that uses music to stimulate and hypnotize people and stimulate physical reactions in various forms of music activities to promote people's physical and mental health. It is often used in the intervention research of autism. This article summarizes the effectiveness of music therapy for children with ASD in the latest research at home and abroad, and the advantages of music therapy in promoting social communication, improving attention, reducing stereotyped behavior, and improving negative emotions in children with ASD. It also reveals music How the treatment can improve the facial emotion recognition ability of children with ASD, the role of assistive robots and family participation in the music therapy of children with ASD.

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Fostering Spontaneous Visual Attention in Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Proof‐of‐Concept Study Comparing Singing and Speech

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

Enhanced Memory for Vocal Melodies in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome

Enhanced Memory for Vocal Melodies in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome

Effects of different types of visual music on the prefrontal hemodynamics of children with autism spectrum disorder based on functional near-infrared spectroscopy

Application of Music Therapy in Intervention Research of Autistic Children

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