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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 4 |
| Pages | 1-8 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience |
| Volume | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Copyright the Author(s) 2013. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Keywords
- ASD
- movement coupling
- rocking synchrony
- synchrony
- rocking chair
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Autism and social disconnection in interpersonal rocking. / Marsh, Kerry L.; Isenhower, Robert W.; Richardson, Michael J.; Helt, Molly; Verbalis, Alyssa D.; Schmidt, R. C.; Fein, Deborah.
In: Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, Vol. 7, 4, 2013, p. 1-8.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Autism and social disconnection in interpersonal rocking
AU - Marsh, Kerry L.
AU - Isenhower, Robert W.
AU - Richardson, Michael J.
AU - Helt, Molly
AU - Verbalis, Alyssa D.
AU - Schmidt, R. C.
AU - Fein, Deborah
N1 - Copyright the Author(s) 2013. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have significant visuomotor processing deficits, atypical motoric behavior, and often substantial problems connecting socially. We suggest that the perceptual, attentional, and adaptive timing deficiencies associated with autism might directly impact the ability to become a socially connected unit with others. Using a rocking chair paradigm previously employed with typical adults, we demonstrate that typically-developing (TD) children exhibit spontaneous social rocking with their caregivers. In contrast, children diagnosed with ASD do not demonstrate a tendency to rock in a symmetrical state with their parents. We argue that the movement of our bodies is one of the fundamental ways by which we connect with our environment and, especially, ground ourselves in social environments. Deficiencies in perceiving and responding to the rhythms of the world may have serious consequences for the ability to become adequately embedded in a social context.
AB - Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have significant visuomotor processing deficits, atypical motoric behavior, and often substantial problems connecting socially. We suggest that the perceptual, attentional, and adaptive timing deficiencies associated with autism might directly impact the ability to become a socially connected unit with others. Using a rocking chair paradigm previously employed with typical adults, we demonstrate that typically-developing (TD) children exhibit spontaneous social rocking with their caregivers. In contrast, children diagnosed with ASD do not demonstrate a tendency to rock in a symmetrical state with their parents. We argue that the movement of our bodies is one of the fundamental ways by which we connect with our environment and, especially, ground ourselves in social environments. Deficiencies in perceiving and responding to the rhythms of the world may have serious consequences for the ability to become adequately embedded in a social context.
KW - ASD
KW - movement coupling
KW - rocking synchrony
KW - synchrony
KW - rocking chair
U2 - 10.3389/fnint.2013.00004
DO - 10.3389/fnint.2013.00004
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
T2 - Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
JF - Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
SN - 1662-5145
M1 - 4
ER -