Three physiological responses in fathers and non-fathers’ to vocalizations of typically developing infants and infants with Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Main Authors: Esposito, Gianluca, Valenzi, Stefano, Islam, Tanvir, Bornstein, Marc H.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: ASD cry; Atypical cry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84159; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41646
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Children with ASD, even before receiving a formal diagnosis, express atypical patterns of distress vocalizations (namely, episodes of crying). Their cries have higher fundamental frequencies, shorter inter-bout pauses, and fewer utterances. Cries of children with ASD are also perceived differently f...