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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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01-05-2013 | Original Paper

From Action to Interaction: Exploring the Contribution of Body Motion Cues to Social Understanding in Typical Development and in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Auteurs: Laurie Centelles, Christine Assaiante, Katallin Etchegoyhen, Manuel Bouvard, Christina Schmitz

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 5/2013

Abstract

Two studies investigated whether typically developing children (TD) and children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) were able to decide whether two characters were communicating or not on the basis of point-light displays. Point-lights portrayed actors engaged or not in a social interaction. In study 1, TD children (4–10 years old; n = 36) grasped social intentions from body language, with a notable improvement around 7/8. In study 2, children with ASD (6–12 years old; n = 12) could categorize the point-light displays at above-chance levels, but performed less efficiently, especially for the social interaction displays, than TD children (matched to chronological and non-verbal mental age, 6–12 years old; n = 24). An action representation deficit is discussed in relation to a social representation deficit and it is suggested that these deficits might be linked to altered maturational process of the mirror system in ASD.

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Titel: From Action to Interaction: Exploring the Contribution of Body Motion Cues to Social Understanding in Typical Development and in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Auteurs: Laurie Centelles
Christine Assaiante
Katallin Etchegoyhen
Manuel Bouvard
Christina Schmitz
Publicatiedatum: 01-05-2013
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 5/2013
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1655-0

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