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Impairments Of Social Motor Synchrony Evident In Autism Spectrum Disorder, Paula Fitzpatrick, Jean A. Frazier, David M. Cochran, Teresa Mitchell, Caitlin Coleman, R. C. Schmidt
Impairments Of Social Motor Synchrony Evident In Autism Spectrum Disorder, Paula Fitzpatrick, Jean A. Frazier, David M. Cochran, Teresa Mitchell, Caitlin Coleman, R. C. Schmidt
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Social interactions typically involve movements of the body that become synchronized over time and both intentional and spontaneous interactional synchrony have been found to be an essential part of successful human interaction. However, our understanding of the importance of temporal dimensions of social motor synchrony in social dysfunction is limited. Here, we used a pendulum coordination paradigm to assess dynamic, process-oriented measures of social motor synchrony in adolescents with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Our data indicate that adolescents with ASD demonstrate less synchronization in both spontaneous and intentional interpersonal coordination. Coupled oscillator modeling suggests that ASD participants assembled …
Dynamical Methods For Evaluating The Time-Dependent Unfolding Of Social Coordination In Children With Autism, Paula Fitzpatrick, Rachel Diorio, Michael J. Richardson, R. C. Schmidt
Dynamical Methods For Evaluating The Time-Dependent Unfolding Of Social Coordination In Children With Autism, Paula Fitzpatrick, Rachel Diorio, Michael J. Richardson, R. C. Schmidt
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Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) suffer from numerous impairments in social interaction that affect both their mental and bodily coordination with others. We explored here whether interpersonal motor coordination may be an important key for understanding the profound social problems of children with ASD. We employed a set of experimental techniques to evaluate not only traditional cognitive measures of social competence but also the dynamical structure of social coordination by using dynamical measures of social motor coordination and analyzing the time series records of behavior. Preliminary findings suggest that children with ASD were equivalent to typically developing children on …