[HTML][HTML] Bridging the gap between emotion and joint action

MMN Bieńkiewicz, AP Smykovskyi, T Olugbade… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Our daily human life is filled with a myriad of joint action moments, be it children playing,
adults working together (ie, team sports), or strangers navigating through a crowd. Joint …

[HTML][HTML] Neural effects of physical activity and movement interventions in individuals with developmental disabilities–a systematic review

WC Su, N Amonkar, C Cleffi, S Srinivasan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Individuals with developmental disabilities present with perceptuo-motor, social
communication, and cognitive impairments that often relate to underlying atypical brain …

A further study of relations between motor impairment and social communication, cognitive, language, functional impairments, and repetitive behavior severity in …

AN Bhat, AJ Boulton, DS Tulsky - Autism Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Motor impairments are pervasive and persistent in children with autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) throughout childhood and adolescence. Based on recent studies examining motor …

The oxygen saturation in the primary motor cortex during a single hand movement: functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fnirs) study

S Kurkin, A Badarin, V Grubov… - … Physical Journal Plus, 2021 - epjplus.epj.org
Functional near-infrared spectroscopy is a noninvasive optical imaging technique to register
brain activity. It utilizes near-infrared light to evaluate the oxygenated (HbO) and …

Developmental trajectory of interpersonal motor alignment: Positive social effects and link to social cognition

B Rauchbauer, MH Grosbras - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Interpersonal motor alignment is a ubiquitous behavior in daily social life. It is a building
block for higher social cognition, including empathy and mentalizing and promotes positive …

[HTML][HTML] Differences in cortical activation patterns during action observation, action execution, and interpersonal synchrony between children with or without autism …

WC Su, MK Culotta, J Mueller, D Tsuzuki, K Pelphrey… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Engaging in socially embedded actions such as imitation and interpersonal synchrony
facilitates relationships with peers and caregivers. Imitation and interpersonal synchrony …

[HTML][HTML] Cortical activation during cooperative joint actions and competition in children with and without an autism spectrum condition (ASC): An fNIRS study

WC Su, MK Culotta, D Tsuzuki, A Bhat - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Children with an Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) have social communication and
perceptuomotor difficulties that affect their ability to engage in dyadic play. In this study, we …

[HTML][HTML] An optical window into brain function in children and adolescents: A systematic review of functional near-infrared spectroscopy studies

MK Yeung - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite decades of research, our understanding of functional brain development throughout
childhood and adolescence remains limited due to the challenges posed by certain …

[HTML][HTML] Autism-Related Differences in Cortical Activation When Observing, Producing, and Imitating Communicative Gestures: An fNIRS Study

WC Su, MK Culotta, J Mueller, D Tsuzuki, AN Bhat - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulties in gestural communication
during social interactions. However, the neural mechanisms involved in naturalistic gestural …

[HTML][HTML] Brief relaxation practice induces significantly more prefrontal cortex activation during arithmetic tasks comparing to viewing greenery images as revealed by …

Z Zhang, A Olszewska-Guizzo, SF Husain… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: There is little understanding on how brief relaxation practice and viewing
greenery images would affect brain responses during cognitive tasks. In the present study …