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Slowing Down the Presentation of Facial and Body Movements Enhances Imitation Performance in Children with Severe Autism

Auteurs: France Lainé, Stéphane Rauzy, Carole Tardif, Bruno Gepner

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 8/2011

Abstract

Imitation deficits observed among individuals with autism could be partly explained by the excessive speed of biological movements to be perceived and then reproduced. Along with this assumption, slowing down the speed of presentation of these movements might improve their imitative performances. To test this hypothesis, 19 children with autism, 37 typically-developing children and 17 children with Down syndrome were asked to reproduce facial and body movements presented on a computer at a normal/ecological and two slowed down speeds. Our main result showed that a subgroup of individuals with severe autism better reproduced the movements when presented slowly than at the ecological speed. This finding opens a new window for comprehension and rehabilitation of perceptual and imitative deficits in autism.

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Titel: Slowing Down the Presentation of Facial and Body Movements Enhances Imitation Performance in Children with Severe Autism
Auteurs: France Lainé
Stéphane Rauzy
Carole Tardif
Bruno Gepner
Publicatiedatum: 01-08-2011
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 8/2011
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1123-7

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