Processing of prosodic cues of uncertainty in autistic and non-autistic adults: a study based on articulatory speech synthesis
Charlotte Bellinghausen,
Bernhard Schröder,
Reinhold Rauh
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionWe investigated the prosodic perception of uncertainty cues in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) compared to neurotypical adults (NTC).MethodWe used articulatory synthetic speech to express uncertainty in a human-machine scenario by varying the three acoustic cues pause, intonation, and hesitation. Twenty-eight adults with ASD and 28 NTC adults rated each answer for uncertainty, naturalness, and comprehensibility.ResultsBoth groups reliably perceived different levels of uncertainty. Stimul… Show more
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