Assessing musical skills in autistic children who are not savants
Assessing musical skills in autistic children who are not savants
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DOI：
10.1098/rstb.2008.0327
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发表时间：
2009-05-27
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Heaton, Pamela
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作者：
Heaton, Pamela
对自闭症音乐学者的描述表明，他们在该领域拥有非凡的技能。然而，直到最近，人们对自闭症患者的音乐技能和潜力知之甚少。这些最近的研究调查了未经音乐训练的自闭症儿童的音乐感知，认知和学习，结果揭示了一种能力模式，要么增强，要么保留。例如，经常观察到对音高和音色的敏感性增加，而调查音乐结构和情感感知的研究一直未能揭示自闭症的缺陷。虽然学者综合征的现象在理论上引起了相当大的兴趣，但它可能导致对绝大多数自闭症患者的潜在天赋和技能的忽视，他们不符合学者的标准。来自实证研究的数据表明，许多自闭症儿童具有音乐潜力，可以而且应该开发。
Descriptions of autistic musical savants suggest that they possess extraordinary skills within the domain. However, until recently little was known about the musical skills and potential of individuals with autism who are not savants. The results from these more recent studies investigating music perception, cognition and learning in musically untrained children with autism have revealed a pattern of abilities that are either enhanced or spared. For example, increased sensitivity to musical pitch and timbre is frequently observed, and studies investigating perception of musical structure and emotions have consistently failed to reveal deficits in autism. While the phenomenon of the savant syndrome is of considerable theoretical interest, it may have led to an under-consideration of the potential talents and skills of that vast majority of autistic individuals, who do not meet savant criteria. Data from empirical studies show that many autistic children possess musical potential that can and should be developed.