Interacting with autistic virtual characters: intrapersonal synchrony of nonverbal behavior affects participants' perception.

ABSTRACT: Temporal coordination of communicative behavior is not only located between but also within interaction partners (e.g., gaze and gestures). This intrapersonal synchrony (IaPS) is assumed to constitute interpersonal alignment. Studies show systematic variations in IaPS in individuals with autism, which may affect the degree of interpersonal temporal coordination. In the current study, we reversed the approach and mapped the measured nonverbal behavior of interactants with and without ASD from a previous study onto virtual characters to study the effects of the differential IaPS on observers (N = 68), both with and without ASD (crossed design). During a communication task with both characters, who indicated targets with gaze and delayed pointing gestures, we measured response times, gaze beh

SUBMITTER: Bloch C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11422267 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature