07/30/2025
NEW LAB PAPER OUT TODAY in NeuroImage
• In autism, audiovisual speech neural encoding deficits for both basic (acoustic envelope) and more complex (phonetic) auditory features were identified.
• Corresponding behavioral performance deficits in autism were present for audiovisual speech.
• Neural encoding and behavior for auditory-only conditions did not differ between autism and control groups.
• For both groups, neural tracking and behavior declined as more noise was added to the speech stimuli, and this did not differ between groups.
• Linear modeling of the brain response to naturalistic stimuli may improve detection of neural deficits in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Sophie Molholm Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Center for Visual Science at the University of Rochester