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Autism and social disconnection in interpersonal rocking
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have significant visuomotor processing deficits, atypical motoric behavior, and often substantial problems connecting socially. We suggest that the perceptual, attentional, and adaptive timing deficiencies associated with autism might directly impact...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575023/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23423608 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2013.00004 |
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author | Marsh, Kerry L. Isenhower, Robert W. Richardson, Michael J. Helt, Molly Verbalis, Alyssa D. Schmidt, R. C. Fein, Deborah |
author_facet | Marsh, Kerry L. Isenhower, Robert W. Richardson, Michael J. Helt, Molly Verbalis, Alyssa D. Schmidt, R. C. Fein, Deborah |
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description | Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have significant visuomotor processing deficits, atypical motoric behavior, and often substantial problems connecting socially. We suggest that the perceptual, attentional, and adaptive timing deficiencies associated with autism might directly impact the ability to become a socially connected unit with others. Using a rocking chair paradigm previously employed with typical adults, we demonstrate that typically-developing (TD) children exhibit spontaneous social rocking with their caregivers. In contrast, children diagnosed with ASD do not demonstrate a tendency to rock in a symmetrical state with their parents. We argue that the movement of our bodies is one of the fundamental ways by which we connect with our environment and, especially, ground ourselves in social environments. Deficiencies in perceiving and responding to the rhythms of the world may have serious consequences for the ability to become adequately embedded in a social context. |
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spelling | pubmed-35750232013-02-19 Autism and social disconnection in interpersonal rocking Marsh, Kerry L. Isenhower, Robert W. Richardson, Michael J. Helt, Molly Verbalis, Alyssa D. Schmidt, R. C. Fein, Deborah Front Integr Neurosci Neuroscience Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have significant visuomotor processing deficits, atypical motoric behavior, and often substantial problems connecting socially. We suggest that the perceptual, attentional, and adaptive timing deficiencies associated with autism might directly impact the ability to become a socially connected unit with others. Using a rocking chair paradigm previously employed with typical adults, we demonstrate that typically-developing (TD) children exhibit spontaneous social rocking with their caregivers. In contrast, children diagnosed with ASD do not demonstrate a tendency to rock in a symmetrical state with their parents. We argue that the movement of our bodies is one of the fundamental ways by which we connect with our environment and, especially, ground ourselves in social environments. Deficiencies in perceiving and responding to the rhythms of the world may have serious consequences for the ability to become adequately embedded in a social context. Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3575023/ /pubmed/23423608 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2013.00004 Text en Copyright © 2013 Marsh, Isenhower, Richardson, Helt, Verbalis, Schmidt and Fein. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and subject to any copyright notices concerning any third-party graphics etc. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Marsh, Kerry L. Isenhower, Robert W. Richardson, Michael J. Helt, Molly Verbalis, Alyssa D. Schmidt, R. C. Fein, Deborah Autism and social disconnection in interpersonal rocking |
title | Autism and social disconnection in interpersonal rocking |
title_full | Autism and social disconnection in interpersonal rocking |
title_fullStr | Autism and social disconnection in interpersonal rocking |
title_full_unstemmed | Autism and social disconnection in interpersonal rocking |
title_short | Autism and social disconnection in interpersonal rocking |
title_sort | autism and social disconnection in interpersonal rocking |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575023/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23423608 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2013.00004 |
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