Preserved Imitation of Known Gestures in Children with High-Functioning Autism
It has been suggested that children with autism are particularly deficient at imitating novel gestures or gestures without goals. In the present study, we asked high-functioning autistic children and age-matched typically developing children to imitate several types of gestures that could be either...
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pubmed-37670502013-09-23 Preserved Imitation of Known Gestures in Children with High-Functioning Autism Carmo, Joana C. Rumiati, Raffaella I. Siugzdaite, Roma Brambilla, Paolo Clinical Study It has been suggested that children with autism are particularly deficient at imitating novel gestures or gestures without goals. In the present study, we asked high-functioning autistic children and age-matched typically developing children to imitate several types of gestures that could be either already known or novel to them. Known gestures either conveyed a communicative meaning (i.e., intransitive) or involved the use of objects (i.e., transitive). We observed a significant interaction between gesture type and group of participants, with children with autism performing known gestures better than novel gestures. However, imitation of intransitive and transitive gestures did not differ across groups. These findings are discussed in light of a dual-route model for action imitation. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3767050/ /pubmed/24062956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/751516 Text en Copyright © 2013 Joana C. Carmo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Carmo, Joana C. Rumiati, Raffaella I. Siugzdaite, Roma Brambilla, Paolo |
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Preserved Imitation of Known Gestures in Children with High-Functioning Autism |
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Preserved Imitation of Known Gestures in Children with High-Functioning Autism |
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Preserved Imitation of Known Gestures in Children with High-Functioning Autism |
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Preserved Imitation of Known Gestures in Children with High-Functioning Autism |
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Preserved Imitation of Known Gestures in Children with High-Functioning Autism |
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preserved imitation of known gestures in children with high-functioning autism |
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It has been suggested that children with autism are particularly deficient at imitating novel gestures or gestures without goals. In the present study, we asked high-functioning autistic children and age-matched typically developing children to imitate several types of gestures that could be either already known or novel to them. Known gestures either conveyed a communicative meaning (i.e., intransitive) or involved the use of objects (i.e., transitive). We observed a significant interaction between gesture type and group of participants, with children with autism performing known gestures better than novel gestures. However, imitation of intransitive and transitive gestures did not differ across groups. These findings are discussed in light of a dual-route model for action imitation. |
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