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Impairments of Social Motor Synchrony Evident in Autism Spectrum Disorder
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...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5005316/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27630599 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01323 |
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author | Fitzpatrick, Paula Frazier, Jean A. Cochran, David M. Mitchell, Teresa Coleman, Caitlin Schmidt, R. C. |
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description | 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 a synchronization dynamic with a weaker coupling strength, which corresponds to a lower sensitivity and decreased attention to the movements of the other person, but do not demonstrate evidence of a delay in information transmission. The implication of these findings for isolating an ASD-specific social synchronization deficit that could serve as an objective, bio-behavioral marker is discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-50053162016-09-14 Impairments of Social Motor Synchrony Evident in Autism Spectrum Disorder Fitzpatrick, Paula Frazier, Jean A. Cochran, David M. Mitchell, Teresa Coleman, Caitlin Schmidt, R. C. Front Psychol Psychology 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 a synchronization dynamic with a weaker coupling strength, which corresponds to a lower sensitivity and decreased attention to the movements of the other person, but do not demonstrate evidence of a delay in information transmission. The implication of these findings for isolating an ASD-specific social synchronization deficit that could serve as an objective, bio-behavioral marker is discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5005316/ /pubmed/27630599 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01323 Text en Copyright © 2016 Fitzpatrick, Frazier, Cochran, Mitchell, Coleman and Schmidt. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Fitzpatrick, Paula Frazier, Jean A. Cochran, David M. Mitchell, Teresa Coleman, Caitlin Schmidt, R. C. Impairments of Social Motor Synchrony Evident in Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title | Impairments of Social Motor Synchrony Evident in Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_full | Impairments of Social Motor Synchrony Evident in Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_fullStr | Impairments of Social Motor Synchrony Evident in Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_full_unstemmed | Impairments of Social Motor Synchrony Evident in Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_short | Impairments of Social Motor Synchrony Evident in Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_sort | impairments of social motor synchrony evident in autism spectrum disorder |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5005316/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27630599 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01323 |
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