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ArticleScientific reports2022

Verbal entrainment in autism spectrum disorder and first-degree relatives.

Shivani P Patel, Jennifer Cole, Joseph C Y Lau, Gabrielle Fragnito, Molly Losh

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The impact of individual factors on linguistic alignment of autistic boys and their mothers.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026
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  6. Narrative Ability in Autism and First-Degree Relatives.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025
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  8. Prosodic Differences in Women with theInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Speech Entrainment in Adolescent Conversations: A Developmental Perspective.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shivani P PatelRoxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Jennifer ColeDepartment of Linguistics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Joseph C Y LauRoxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Gabrielle FragnitoRoxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Molly LoshRoxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. m-losh@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

A Family-Genetic Study of Language in AutismR01DC010191 · NIDCD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Molly C Losh · 2010 to 2026
$7.8M
Research Management & Experimental Tools ResourcesP30DC012035 · NIDCD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI LARSON, CHARLES R · 2013 to 2017
$2.3M
Novel Computational Analysis of Prosody in ASD and the Broad Autism PhenotypeR03DC018644 · NIDCD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI LOSH, MOLLY C · 2020 to 2021
$149k
Perception and central coherence in autism: A family genetic eye-tracking studyR03MH107834 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI LOSH, MOLLY C · 2016 to 2017
$147k
NIDCD NIH HHS P30 DC012035NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC010191NIDCD NIH HHS R03 DC018644NIH HHS R01DC010191NIMH NIH HHS R03 MH107834
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Entrainment, the unconscious process leading to coordination between communication partners, is an important dynamic human behavior that helps us connect with one another. Difficulty developing and sustaining social connections is a hallmark of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Subtle differences in social behaviors have also been noted in first-degree relatives of autistic individuals and may express underlying genetic liability to ASD. In-depth examination of verbal entrainment was conducted to examine disruptions to entrainment as a contributing factor to the language phenotype in ASD. Results revealed distinct patterns of prosodic and lexical entrainment in individuals with ASD. Notably, subtler entrainment differences in prosodic and syntactic entrainment were identified in parents of autistic individuals. Findings point towards entrainment, particularly prosodic entrainment, as a key process linked to social communication difficulties in ASD and reflective of genetic liability to ASD.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderCommunicationHumansParentsSocial Behavior

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PMID35798758
PMCPMC9262979
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