Mirror Me: Imitative Responses in Adults with Autism

Autor/inn/en	Schunke, Odette; Schöttle, Daniel; Vettorazzi, Eik; Brandt, Valerie; Kahl, Ursula; Bäumer, Tobias; Ganos, Christos; David, Nicole; Peiker, Ina; Engel, Andreas K; Brass, Marcel; Münchau, Alexander
Titel	Mirror Me: Imitative Responses in Adults with Autism
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 20 (2016) 2, S.134-144 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361315571757
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Adults; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Educational Attainment; Neurological Impairments; Neuropsychology; Psychomotor Skills; Psychomotor Objectives; Reaction Time; Imitation; Correlation; Diagnostic Tests; Clinical Diagnosis; Statistical Analysis; Foreign Countries; Measures (Individuals); Depression (Psychology); Germany; Beck Depression Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Neuropsychologie; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Psychomotorisches Lernziel; Reaktionsvermögen; Korrelation; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; Messdaten; Deutschland
Abstract	Dysfunctions of the human mirror neuron system have been postulated to underlie some deficits in autism spectrum disorders including poor imitative performance and impaired social skills. Using three reaction time experiments addressing mirror neuron system functions under simple and complex conditions, we examined 20 adult autism spectrum disorder participants and 20 healthy controls matched for age, gender and education. Participants performed simple finger-lifting movements in response to (1) biological finger and non-biological dot movement stimuli, (2) acoustic stimuli and (3) combined visual-acoustic stimuli with different contextual (compatible/incompatible) and temporal (simultaneous/asynchronous) relation. Mixed model analyses revealed slower reaction times in autism spectrum disorder. Both groups responded faster to biological compared to non-biological stimuli (Experiment 1) implying intact processing advantage for biological stimuli in autism spectrum disorder. In Experiment 3, both groups had similar "interference effects" when stimuli were presented simultaneously. However, autism spectrum disorder participants had abnormally slow responses particularly when incompatible stimuli were presented consecutively. Our results suggest imitative control deficits rather than global imitative system impairments. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01