Object-Directed Imitation in Autism Spectrum Disorder Is Differentially Influenced by Motoric Task Complexity, but Not Social Contextual Cues

Autor/inn/en	Chetcuti, Lacey; Hudry, Kristelle; Grant, Megan; Vivanti, Giacomo
Titel	Object-Directed Imitation in Autism Spectrum Disorder Is Differentially Influenced by Motoric Task Complexity, but Not Social Contextual Cues
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 23 (2019) 1, S.199-211 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361317734063
Schlagwörter	Imitation; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Children; Difficulty Level; Cues; Psychomotor Skills; Social Environment; Motivation; Foreign Countries; Australia; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Mullen Scales of Early Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Stichwort; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Soziales Umfeld; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Ausland; Australien
Abstract	We examined the role of social motivation and motor execution factors in object-directed imitation difficulties in autism spectrum disorder. A series of to-be-imitated actions was presented to 35 children with autism spectrum disorder and 20 typically developing children on an Apple® iPad® by a "socially responsive" or "aloof" model, under conditions of "low" and "high motor demand." There were no differences in imitation performance (i.e. the number of actions reproduced within a fixed sequence), for either group, in response to a model who acted socially responsive or aloof. Children with autism spectrum disorder imitated the high motor demand task more poorly than the low motor demand task, while imitation performance for typically developing children was equivalent across the low and high motor demand conditions. Furthermore, imitative performance in the autism spectrum disorder group was unrelated to social reciprocity, though positively associated with fine motor coordination. These results suggest that difficulties in object-directed imitation in autism spectrum disorder are the result of motor execution difficulties, not reduced social motivation. [This paper was presented at the 2016 International Meeting for Autism Research.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01