Individual differences on the McGurk effect : An Examination with the Autism trait and Schizotypal Personality.
YUTA UJIIE, Tomohisa Asai, Akihiro Tanaka, Kaori Asakawa, Akio Wakabayashi

Last modified: 2011-09-02

Abstract


The McGurk effect is a perceptual phenomenon that demonstrates interaction between hearing and vision in speech perception. This effect may be experienced when a visual of the production of a phoneme is dubbed with a sound recording of a different phoneme being spoken,wherein the perceived phoneme is often the third,intermediate phoneme. In the present study,we examined the potential individual differences in the McGurk effect among 51 healthy students. The results suggested that people with higher scores for schizophrenic or autistic traits respectively might report less /ka/ responses (visually captured responses) but more /ta/ responses (vision-audio mixed responses) in the McGurk condition (visually /pa/ but auditor/ka/). This indicates that such people might show a preference for auditory information over visual information. Both schizophrenia and autism might have deficits in social functioning. If an individual has a poor level of interpersonal skills,this would reflect in the result since he/she might not be able to read others' lips automatically.

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