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Area of Science:

  • Neurodevelopmental conditions
  • Cognitive neuroscience
  • Clinical psychology

Background:

  • Synaesthesia involves cross-modal sensory experiences.
  • Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) are characterized by social-communication differences and restricted interests.
  • Both conditions may stem from atypical neural connectivity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the prevalence of synaesthesia in adults with autism.
  • To determine if synaesthesia and autism are independent conditions.

Main Methods:

  • A prevalence study comparing synaesthesia rates in adults with autism and controls.
  • Online questionnaires including synaesthesia, Autism Spectrum Quotient, and Test of Genuineness-Revised (ToG-R).
  • 164 adults with autism and 97 controls participated.

Main Results:

  • Synaesthesia occurred in 18.9% of adults with autism versus 7.22% in controls (P <0.05).
  • The prevalence of synaesthesia was almost three times higher in the autism group.
  • The Test of Genuineness-Revised (ToG-R) was not suitable for validating synaesthesia in individuals with autism.

Conclusions:

  • Increased synaesthesia prevalence in autism suggests shared underlying mechanisms.
  • Further research is required to develop appropriate validation methods for synaesthesia in autism.