Atypical basic movement kinematics in autism spectrum conditions

JL Cook, SJ Blakemore, C Press - Brain, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Individuals with autism spectrum conditions have difficulties in understanding and
responding appropriately to others. Additionally, they demonstrate impaired perception of …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced sensitivity to minimum-jerk biological motion in autism spectrum conditions

J Cook, AP Saygin, R Swain, SJ Blakemore - Neuropsychologia, 2009 - Elsevier
We compared psychophysical thresholds for biological and non-biological motion detection
in adults with autism spectrum conditions (ASCs) and controls. Participants watched …

[HTML][HTML] An examination of movement kinematics in young people with high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder: further evidence for a motor planning deficit

NJ Rinehart, MA Bellgrove, BJ Tonge… - Journal of autism and …, 2006 - Springer
This paper examines upper-body movement kinematics in individuals with high-functioning
autism (HFA) and Asperger's disorder (AD). In general, the results indicate that HFA is more …

[HTML][HTML] Do planning and visual integration difficulties underpin motor dysfunction in autism? A kinematic study of young children with autism

AM Dowd, JL McGinley, JR Taffe… - Journal of autism and …, 2012 - Springer
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 …

Motor planning and control in autism. A kinematic analysis of preschool children

S Forti, A Valli, P Perego, M Nobile, A Crippa… - Research in Autism …, 2011 - Elsevier
Kinematic recordings in a reach and drop task were compared between 12 preschool
children with autism without mental retardation and 12 gender and age-matched normally …

Perception of biological motion in autism spectrum disorders

CM Freitag, C Konrad, M Häberlen, C Kleser… - Neuropsychologia, 2008 - Elsevier
In individuals with autism or autism-spectrum-disorder (ASD), conflicting results have been
reported regarding the processing of biological motion tasks. As biological motion …

[HTML][HTML] Unaffected perceptual thresholds for biological and non-biological form-from-motion perception in autism spectrum conditions

AP Saygin, J Cook, SJ Blakemore - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Perception of biological motion is linked to the action perception system in the
human brain, abnormalities within which have been suggested to underlie impairments in …

No evidence for impaired perception of biological motion in adults with autistic spectrum disorders

P Murphy, N Brady, M Fitzgerald, NF Troje - Neuropsychologia, 2009 - Elsevier
A central feature of autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs) is a difficulty in identifying and
reading human expressions, including those present in the moving human form. One …

From movement kinematics to social cognition: the case of autism

J Cook - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Atypical integration of motion signals in autism spectrum conditions

CE Robertson, A Martin, CI Baker, S Baron-Cohen - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Vision in Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) is characterized by enhanced perception of
local elements, but impaired perception of global percepts. Deficits in coherent motion …