In human communication, social intentions and meaning are often revealed in the way we
move. In this study, we investigate the flexibility of human communication in terms of …

It has been hypothesized that individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (hereafter “autism”)
have problems perceiving biological motion, which contributes to their social difficulties …

The way in which we move influences our ability to perceive, interpret and predict the
actions of others. Thus movements play an important role in social cognition. This review …

Gestures are ubiquitous in human communication, and a growing but inconsistent body of
research suggests that people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may process co-speech …

Individuals with autism spectrum conditions have difficulties in understanding and
responding appropriately to others. Additionally, they demonstrate impaired perception of …

While well-represented on clinical measures, co-speech gesture production has never been
formally studied in autistic adults. Twenty-one verbally fluent autistic adults and 21 typically …

This paper examines the upper-limb movement kinematics of young children (3–7 years)
with high-functioning autism using a point-to-point movement paradigm. Consistent with …

This study investigated the ability of children and adolescents with autism to imitate
nonsymbolic manual postures and sequences. The controls were children with receptive …

Humans have a flexible approach to imitation. If an action has a visual goal or is meaningful,
we will “emulate” that goal using the most familiar or comfortable response from our existing …

Interest regarding neural information processing in autism is growing because atypical
perceptual abilities are a characteristic feature of persons with autism. Central to our review …