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The subjective experience of music in autism spectrum disorder
Rory Allen1, Elisabeth Hill, Pamela Heaton
1Goldsmiths, University of London, Department of Psychology, New Cross, London, United Kingdom. R.Allen@gold.ac.uk
Abstract:
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.
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