This review presents research findings showing that music is a unique domain to assess perception, reward, emotion, and associated physiological reactions and neural circuitry of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There is growing evidence, reported in several studies in this review article, indicating that music is a relative strength of people with ASD including musical pitch perception, musical memory, and identification of music-evoked emotions. Listening to music activates neural circuits of reward and emotion response, which are described. Research presented shows adults with ASD also activate these systems when listening to music, although there may be developmental differences in the physiological and neural response to music in childhood and adolescence alongside typical behavioral response. Nonetheless, studies reviewed lend support to the use of music therapy and education for people with ASD, specifically to improve social skills and communication. Neural correlates of response to music therapy and education are also discussed. Taken together, findings reviewed provide evidence for music as a strength-based approach for ASD to assess reward and emotion response and as a powerful tool for intervention.

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音乐诱发的奖励和情感：自闭症谱系障碍患者的相对优势和对干预的反应。

本综述介绍的研究结果表明，音乐是评估自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 患者的感知、奖励、情绪以及相关生理反应和神经回路的独特领域。这篇综述文章中的几项研究报道了越来越多的证据，表明音乐是自闭症谱系障碍患者的相对优势，包括音高感知、音乐记忆和音乐引发的情绪识别。据描述，听音乐会激活奖励和情绪反应的神经回路。研究表明，患有自闭症谱系障碍的成年人在听音乐时也会激活这些系统，尽管儿童和青少年时期对音乐的生理和神经反应以及典型的行为反应可能存在发育差异。尽管如此，审查的研究支持对自闭症谱系障碍患者使用音乐疗法和教育，特别是提高社交技能和沟通能力。还讨论了音乐治疗和教育反应的神经相关性。总而言之，审查的结果为音乐作为自闭症谱系障碍评估奖励和情绪反应的基于力量的方法以及作为干预的强大工具提供了证据。