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Identification: the missing link between joint attention and imitation?

Jessica A Hobson1, R Peter Hobson

  • 1Institute of Child Health and Tavistock Clinic, University College London, London, UK. jessica.meyer@ucl.ac.uk

Development and Psychopathology
|April 27, 2007
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Human intersubjective engagement involves identifying with others. Children with autism showed less "sharing" attention and imitation, suggesting a weak tendency to identify with others is key in autism development.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Social Neuroscience

Background:

  • Human intersubjective engagement is hypothesized to involve identification with others.
  • Joint attention and imitation are key social cognitive processes.
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by social interaction deficits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the hypothesis that intersubjective engagement involves identifying with others.
  • To examine the relationship between joint attention components and imitation in children with and without autism.
  • To investigate the role of "sharing looks" in imitation of self-/other-oriented actions.

Main Methods:

  • Blind ratings of videotaped interactions between children and a tester.
  • Comparison of imitation propensity in matched children with and without autism.

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  • Analysis of "sharing looks" (joint attention) and imitation of self-/other-oriented actions.

    • Main Results:

    • Children with autism spent more time looking at objects and less time looking at the tester compared to controls.
    • Participants with autism exhibited fewer "sharing" looks toward the tester.
    • Individual differences in "sharing looks" were associated with imitation of self-other orientation within each group.

    Conclusions:

    • The propensity to adopt another person's psychological stance is crucial for certain forms of joint attention and imitation.
    • A reduced tendency to identify with others may be pivotal in the developmental psychopathology of autism.
    • Findings support the role of "identification" in social cognition and its potential disruption in autism.