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Autism in Action: Reduced Bodily Connectedness during Social Interactions?

C Lieke E Peper¹, Sija J van der Wal², Sander Begeer³

¹Department of Human Movement Sciences, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam Netherlands.

Frontiers in Psychology

|December 10, 2016

Summary

New research explores bodily connectedness as a potential diagnostic marker for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This approach may offer more sensitive assessments of social interaction dynamics, benefiting individuals across all cognitive levels.

Keywords:

autism dynamics entrainment interpersonal coordination reciprocity

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology
Biophysics

Background:

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by social interaction deficits.
Current diagnostic markers for ASD are often inadequate for individuals with varying cognitive abilities.
Assessing social dynamics requires methods beyond intellectual or verbal skills.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore 'bodily connectedness' as a novel approach for understanding and assessing social impairments in ASD.
To investigate the relationship between bodily movement attunement and social deficits in autism.
To propose new assessment tools for social interaction dynamics in ASD.

Main Methods:

Utilizing the coordination dynamics approach to analyze bodily connectedness.
Examining the attunement of bodily movement between individuals.
Reviewing existing literature and proposing research avenues.

Main Results:

Bodily connectedness, the attunement of movement between individuals, is linked to psychological connectedness in typical development.
Limitations in bodily connectedness may underlie social impairments in ASD.
Advanced techniques can assess bodily connectedness, but understanding in ASD is limited.

Conclusions:

Developing sensitive diagnostic markers for ASD requires capturing social interaction dynamics and reciprocity.
Bodily connectedness offers a promising avenue for creating new ASD assessment tools.
Research in this area can lead to lifespan-applicable diagnostic markers for autism.