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Comparative study of the perception of visually and acustically mediated prominence in healthy control subjects and people with autism spectrum disorder

Comparative study of the perception of visually and acustically mediated prominence in healthy control subjects and people with autism spectrum disorder

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00014951
Enrollment
210
Registered
2019-05-10
Start date
2019-05-24
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

F84.5

Interventions

Group 1: People without a diagnosis from the autism spectrum are included. Screening tools for comparison with data collected in the study will be completed: AQ, EQ, SQ A general questionnaire for t

Sponsors

Sonderforschungsbereich 1252: Prominenz in Sprache
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - German as mother tongue, monolingual language aquisition - No limited vision - No limited hearing - Legally effective, written, declaration of consent to participate in the study Additional inclusion criteria for people without autism spectrum disorder: - Exclusion of neurological and psychiatric disorders - No curret psychotropic medication or consumption of illegal substances Additional inclusion criteria for people with autism spectrum disorder: - Diagnosis F84.5 (Asperger syndrome) according to ICD-10 - Exclusion of comorbid neurological and psychiatric disorders (except for a depressive disorder in treatment)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - minors and persons over 65 years of age - current or previous diagnosis of psychiatric or neurological disease, but not F84.5 (Asperger's syndrome) - limited vision - limited hearing - mother tongue other than German or bilingual language acquisition - acute suicidal behavior, self-endangering or behavior that endangers others - missing legally effective declaration of consent, persons who are not legally capable and persons in official or judicial custody (PsychKG, BTG)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The evaluation of the importance of objects presented in short videos for a figure also presented depends on the gaze behaviour and language of this figure. Primary targets: Group mean values of the evaluation values of both groups as well as group mean values of the reaction times, as well as the corresponding individual values.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The assessment of the importance of objects presented in short videos for a figure also presented depends not only on the gaze behaviour and language of this figure, but also on whether the participating person has the diagnosis of an autimus spectrum disorder (Asperger's syndrome) or not. Secondary targets: Group mean values of the evaluation values of both groups as well as group mean values of the reaction times, as well as the corresponding individual values.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJuliane Zimmermann

Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Uniklinik Köln

juliane.zimmermann@uk-koeln.de(0221) 478-87133

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026