Comparative study of the perception of visually and acustically mediated prominence in healthy control subjects and people with autism spectrum disorder

• Conditions: F84.5; Asperger syndrome

• Registration Number: DRKS00014951
• Lead Sponsor: Sonderforschungsbereich 1252: Prominenz in Sprache

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-05-10
• Study Completion: 2021-03-30
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 132

Inclusion Criteria

German as mother tongue, monolingual language aquisition
- No limited vision
- No limited hearing
- Legally effective, written, declaration of consent to participate in the study

Additional inclusion criteria for people without autism spectrum disorder:
- Exclusion of neurological and psychiatric disorders
- No curret psychotropic medication or consumption of illegal substances

Additional inclusion criteria for people with autism spectrum disorder:
- Diagnosis F84.5 (Asperger syndrome) according to ICD-10
- Exclusion of comorbid neurological and psychiatric disorders (except for a depressive disorder in treatment)

Exclusion Criteria

- minors and persons over 65 years of age
- current or previous diagnosis of psychiatric or neurological disease, but not F84.5 (Asperger's syndrome)
- limited vision
- limited hearing
- mother tongue other than German or bilingual language acquisition
- acute suicidal behavior, self-endangering or behavior that endangers others
- missing legally effective declaration of consent, persons who are not legally capable and persons in official or judicial custody (PsychKG, BTG)

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The evaluation of the importance of objects presented in short videos for a figure also presented depends on the gaze behaviour and language of this figure. <br><br>Primary targets:<br>Group mean values of the evaluation values of both groups as well as group mean values of the reaction times, as well as the corresponding individual values.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The assessment of the importance of objects presented in short videos for a figure also presented depends not only on the gaze behaviour and language of this figure, but also on whether the participating person has the diagnosis of an autimus spectrum disorder (Asperger's syndrome) or not. <br><br>Secondary targets:<br>Group mean values of the evaluation values of both groups as well as group mean values of the reaction times, as well as the corresponding individual values.<br><br>