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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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01-06-2013 | Original Paper

Perception of Pointing from Biological Motion Point-Light Displays in Typically Developing Children and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Auteurs: John Swettenham, Anna Remington, Katherine Laing, Rosemary Fletcher, Mike Coleman, Juan-Carlos Gomez

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 6/2013

Abstract

We examined whether the movement involved in a pointing gesture, depicted using point-light displays, is sufficient to cue attention in typically developing children (TD) and children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (aged 8–11 years). Using a Posner-type paradigm, a centrally located display indicated the location of a forthcoming target on 80 % of trials and the opposite location on 20 % of trials. TD children, but not children with ASD, were faster to identify a validly cued target than an invalidly cued target. A scrambled version of the point-light pointing gesture, retaining individual dot speed and direction of movement but not the configuration, produced no validity effect in either group. A video of a pointing gesture produced validity effects in both groups.

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Titel: Perception of Pointing from Biological Motion Point-Light Displays in Typically Developing Children and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Auteurs: John Swettenham
Anna Remington
Katherine Laing
Rosemary Fletcher
Mike Coleman
Juan-Carlos Gomez
Publicatiedatum: 01-06-2013
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 6/2013
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1699-1

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