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This paper presents the effects of a designed combination of music and color ambience lighting on symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with focus on childhood Alexithymia II, through exposure to a non-invasive audiovisual environment with minimal engagement of parents and medical staff. The proposed audiovisual design aims to further enhance the non-verbal communication of the emotions contained in music through the use of color ambience lighting which dynamically changes according to musical harmonies. The novel tone-color mapping principle was created and technically realized with a program application which communicates the structural analysis of music to the Philips HUE® lighting. Effects of the audiovisual musical experience on cortical activity were assessed in an electroencephalography (EEG) pilot study, and significant effects were observed in cortical areas related to semantic processing and theory of mind. Due to relevance of these regions for the proposed application of the audiovisual environment in therapy for ASD children with Alexithymia II, it is suggested that further experimental work is carried out in order to test its effectiveness in treating Alexithymia as a negative factor in social interactions of individuals with ASD.
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