Goal-Directed and Goal-Less Imitation in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Wild, Kelly S.; Poliakoff, Ellen; Jerrison, Andrew; Gowen, Emma
Titel	Goal-Directed and Goal-Less Imitation in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42 (2012) 8, S.1739-1749 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-011-1417-4
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Eye Movements; Autism; Imitation; Human Body; Goal Orientation; Motion; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Augenbewegung; Autismus; Menschlicher Körper; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Bewegungsablauf
Abstract	To investigate how people with Autism are affected by the presence of goals during imitation, we conducted a study to measure movement kinematics and eye movements during the imitation of goal-directed and goal-less hand movements. Our results showed that a control group imitated changes in movement kinematics and increased the level that they tracked the hand with their eyes, in the goal-less compared to goal-direction condition. In contrast, the ASD group exhibited more goal-directed eye movements, and failed to modulate the observed movement kinematics successfully in either condition. These results increase the evidence for impaired goal-less imitation in ASD, and suggest that there is a reliance on goal-directed strategies for imitation in ASD, even in the absence of visual goals. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10