Differences in the production and perception of communicative kinematics in autism.

ABSTRACT: In human communication, social intentions and meaning are often revealed in the way we move. In this study, we investigate the flexibility of human communication in terms of kinematic modulation in a clinical population, namely, autistic individuals. The aim of this study was twofold: to assess (a) whether communicatively relevant kinematic features of gestures differ between autistic and neurotypical individuals, and (b) if autistic individuals use communicative kinematic modulation to support gesture recognition. We tested autistic and neurotypical individuals on a silent gesture production task and a gesture comprehension task. We measured movement during the gesture production task using a Kinect motion tracking device in order to determine if autistic individuals differed from neuroty

SUBMITTER: Trujillo JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9292179 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature