Neurophysiological Evidence for Reduced Use of Prior Sound Patterns to Shape Speech Processing in Autism
Joseph C. Y. Lau, Jacie R. McHaney, Lindsay Goldman, Kylie Robinshaw, Felicia Mou, Kailyn McFarlane, Bharath Chandrasekaran, Molly C. Losh
This study finds that autistic adults show reduced context-dependent modulation of speech encoding compared to non-autistic adults, linked to differences in auditory and social-communicative function.
bioRxiv · Jul 10, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience