Emotional Resonance Deficits in Autistic Children

Autor/inn/en	Grecucci, Alessandro; Brambilla, Paolo; Siugzdaite, Roma; Londero, Danielle; Fabbro, Franco; Rumiati, Raffaella Ida
Titel	Emotional Resonance Deficits in Autistic Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43 (2013) 3, S.616-628 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-012-1603-z
Schlagwörter	Autism; Imitation; Cues; Emotional Response; Children; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Nonverbal Communication; Visual Stimuli + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Stichwort; Emotionales Verhalten; Child; Kind; Kinder; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation
Abstract	According to some theories imitation, defined as an action resonance mechanism, is deficient in autism. In contrast, other theories (e.g., the "top down control of imitation" hypothesis) state that the problem is not in imitation per se but in the way social cues modulate imitative responses. In this study, 15 high-functioning children with autism and 15 matched controls were tested for their ability to imitate finger movements preceded by neutral and emotional facial expressions (primes) in a stimulus-response compatibility task. Hand movements performed after neutral expressions did not differ between the two groups (i.e., they both showed a normal imitative tendency). However, hand movements performed after emotional expressions significantly differed between the two populations, with controls, but not autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), showing enhanced imitation in the emotional condition. This study supports the view that, in ASD, imitation abilities are spared but they are not modulated according to the emotional and social context. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10