Parent–Child Gesture Use During Problem Solving in Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Medeiros, Kristen; Winsler, Adam

doi:10.1007/s10803-014-2069-y

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“…Our results are consistent with prior findings of studies with preschool-aged children (e.g. Mastrogiuseppe et al, 2014;Medeiros and Winsler, 2014;Stone et al, 1997; but see Attwood et al, 1988;Capps et al, 1998).…”

Section: Gesture Frequency and Typessupporting

confidence: 93%

The development of co-speech gesture and its semantic integration with speech in 6- to 12-year-old children with autism spectrum disorders

Wong

Lui

et al. 2014

Autism

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Previous work leaves open the question of whether children with autism spectrum disorders aged 6-12 years have delay in producing gestures compared to their typically developing peers. This study examined gestural production among school-aged children in a naturalistic context and how their gestures are semantically related to the accompanying speech. Delay in gestural production was found in children with autism spectrum disorders through their middle to late childhood. Compared to their typically developing counterparts, children with autism spectrum disorders gestured less often and used fewer types of gestures, in particular markers, which carry culture-specific meaning. Typically developing children's gestural production was related to language and cognitive skills, but among children with autism spectrum disorders, gestural production was more strongly related to the severity of socio-communicative impairment. Gesture impairment also included the failure to integrate speech with gesture: in particular, supplementary gestures are absent in children with autism spectrum disorders. The findings extend our understanding of gestural production in school-aged children with autism spectrum disorders during spontaneous interaction. The results can help guide new therapies for gestural production for children with autism spectrum disorders in middle and late childhood.

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Section: Gesture Frequency and Typessupporting

confidence: 93%

The development of co-speech gesture and its semantic integration with speech in 6- to 12-year-old children with autism spectrum disorders

Wong

Lui

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Autism

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“…Basically, acute pain is crucial in alerting an individual to withdraw from a harmful situation while chronic pain could be constitute of serious, separate disease entity (Desai et al, 2012). For more detailed information, chronic pain is highly prevalent, affecting over 1.5 billion people worldwide (National Center for Health Statistics, 2007; Medeiros and Winsler, 2014). It is noteworthy that chronic pain affects more people than other chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer (Simon, 2012).…”

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“…It is noteworthy that chronic pain affects more people than other chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer (Simon, 2012). The annual costs of chronic pain in the United States (including the total incremental cost of health care and cost of lost productive time) are estimated to be at least USD 560 billion (Medeiros and Winsler, 2014). As suggested by studies, chronic pain has a huge detrimental effect on the quality of life of patients (National Center for Health Statistics, 2007; Medeiros and Winsler, 2014).…”

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“…The annual costs of chronic pain in the United States (including the total incremental cost of health care and cost of lost productive time) are estimated to be at least USD 560 billion (Medeiros and Winsler, 2014). As suggested by studies, chronic pain has a huge detrimental effect on the quality of life of patients (National Center for Health Statistics, 2007; Medeiros and Winsler, 2014). Undeniably, chronic pain is a significant healthcare issue, as it poses an enormous burden on patients, society and the healthcare system (Medeiros and Winsler, 2014).…”

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“…As suggested by studies, chronic pain has a huge detrimental effect on the quality of life of patients (National Center for Health Statistics, 2007; Medeiros and Winsler, 2014). Undeniably, chronic pain is a significant healthcare issue, as it poses an enormous burden on patients, society and the healthcare system (Medeiros and Winsler, 2014). …”

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In particular, neuropathic pain is a major form of chronic pain. This type of pain results from dysfunction or lesions in the central and peripheral nervous system. Capsaicin has been traditionally utilized as a medicine to remedy pain. However, the effectiveness and safety of this practice is still elusive. Therefore, this systematic review aimed to investigate the effect of topical capsaicin as a pain-relieving agent that is frequently used in pain management. In brief, all the double-blinded, randomized placebo- or vehicle-controlled trials that were published in English addressing postherpetic neuralgia were included. Meta-analysis was performed using Revman® version 5.3. Upon application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria, only six trials fulfilled all the criteria and were included in the review for qualitative analysis. The difference in mean percentage change in numeric pain rating scale score ranges from -31 to -4.3. This demonstrated high efficacy of topical capsaicin application and implies that capsaicin could result in pain reduction. Furthermore, meta-analysis was performed on five of the included studies. All the results of studies are in favor of the treatment using capsaicin. The incidence of side effects from using topical capsaicin is consistently higher in all included studies, but the significance of safety data cannot be quantified due to a lack of p-values in the original studies. Nevertheless, topical capsaicin is a promising treatment option for specific patient groups or certain neuropathic pain conditions such as postherpetic neuralgia.

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“Look who's talking!” Gaze Patterns for Implicit and Explicit Audio‐Visual Speech Synchrony Detection in Children With High‐Functioning Autism

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Lay Abstract Background Conversation requires integration of information from faces and voices to fully understand the speaker’s message. To detect auditory-visual asynchrony of speech, listeners must integrate visual movements of the face, particularly the mouth, with auditory speech information. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be less successful at such multisensory integration, despite their demonstrated preference for looking at the mouth region of a speaker. Method We showed a split-screen video of two identical individuals speaking side by side. Only one of the speakers was in synchrony with the corresponding audio track and synchrony switched between the two speakers every few seconds. Participants had to watch the video, without further instructions (implicit condition) or specifically watch the in-synch speaker (explicit condition). We recorded which part of the screen and face their eyes targeted Participants Individuals with and without high-functioning autism (HFA) aged 8–19. Results Both groups looked at the in-synch video significantly more with explicit instructions. However, participants with HFA looked at the in-synch video less than typically developing (TD) peers and did not increase their gaze time as much as TD participants in the explicit task. Importantly, the HFA group looked significantly less at the mouth than their TD peers, and significantly more at the non-face regions of the image. There were no between-group differences for eye-directed gaze. Conclusions Individuals with HFA spend less time looking at the crucially important mouth region of the face during auditory-visual speech integration, which is non-effective gaze behavior for this type of task. Scientific Abstract Background Conversation requires integration of information from faces and voices to fully understand the speaker’s message. To detect auditory-visual asynchrony of speech listeners must integrate visual movements of the face, particularly the mouth, with auditory speech information. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be less successful at such multisensory integration, despite their demonstrated preference for looking at the mouth region of a speaker. Method We showed a split-screen video of two identical individuals speaking side by side. Only one of the speakers was in synchrony with the corresponding audio track and synchrony switched between the two speakers every few seconds. Participants were asked to watch the video, without further instructions (implicit condition) or to specifically watch the in-synch speaker (explicit condition). We recorded which part of the screen and face their eyes targeted. Participants Individuals with and without high-functioning autism (HFA) aged 8–19. Results Both groups looked at the in-synch video significantly more with explicit instructions. However, participants with HFA looked at the in-synch video less than typically developing (TD) peers and did not increase their gaze time as much as TD participants in the explicit...

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Parent–Child Gesture Use During Problem Solving in Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Cited by 34 publications

References 72 publications

The development of co-speech gesture and its semantic integration with speech in 6- to 12-year-old children with autism spectrum disorders

The development of co-speech gesture and its semantic integration with speech in 6- to 12-year-old children with autism spectrum disorders

The Effectiveness and Safety of Topical Capsaicin in Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

“Look who's talking!” Gaze Patterns for Implicit and Explicit Audio‐Visual Speech Synchrony Detection in Children With High‐Functioning Autism

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