Perception of biological motions is preserved in people with autism spectrum disorder: electrophysiological and behavioural evidences

Sotoodeh, Mohammad Saber; Taheri, Hamidreza; Sohrabi, Mehdi; Ghoshuni, Majid

doi:10.1111/jir.12565

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“…; Cusack et al . ; Sotoodeh, Taheri‐Torbati, Sohrabi, & Ghoshuni ), consistent with Wang et al . () showing 3‐ to 7‐year‐old children with ASD made more errors in naming 12 different PLD actions and responded more slowly than TD children.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…It is important to note that the adults with ASD in our study had spared capacity of identifying PLD actions; they were simply less accurate and needed more time to process (Moore et al1997;Parron et al 2008;Centelles et al 2013;cf. Murphy et al 2009;Cusack et al 2015;Sotoodeh, Taheri-Torbati, Sohrabi, & Ghoshuni 2019), consistent with Wang et al (2015) showing 3to 7-year-old children with ASD made more errors in naming 12 different PLD actions and responded more slowly than TD children. Moreover, the actions that were likely to be correctly named by TD children were also more likely to be correctly named by children with ASD.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…), and the studies demonstrated a reserved ability of biological motion perception (Cusack et al . ; Sotoodeh, Taheri‐Torbati, Sohrabi, & Ghoshuni ). In the present study, the ASD group was less accurate at naming the 20 human actions than NT adults, even if the stimuli did not include any PLDs conveying emotional states.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, they did observe a subtle deficit of biological motion perception in the ASD group when combing the results of all the tasks. Lastly, Sotoodeh, Taheri‐Torbati, Sohrabi, and Ghoshuni () adopted both EEG and behavioural measurements and reported that children with ASD exhibited the same mu suppression EEG signals as the age‐matched controls when viewing human actions. However, in the behavioural task, children with ASD correctly recognised fewer actions and had significantly slower response times than the TD children, which is generally consistent with the present results.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Cusack, Williams, and Neri (2015) adopted an exclusive set of measurements and concluded that people with ASD interpreted other people's actions adequately and returns functionally intact signals that can be accessed when individuals with ASD are prompted and motivated to do so. Using electroencephalography (EEG) and behavioural measurements, Sotoodeh, Taheri-Torbati, Sohrabi, and Ghoshuni (2019) showed that children with ASD exhibited the same mu suppression as age-matched controls when viewing PLD and video presentations of human actions.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Adults with autism are less proficient in identifying biological motion actions portrayed with point‐light displays

Hsiung

Chien

Chu

et al. 2019

J intellect Disabil Res

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Background Whether individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have impairments with biological motion perception has been debated. The present study examined the ability to identify point‐light‐displayed (PLD) human actions in neurotypical (NT) adults and adults with ASD. Method Twenty‐seven adults with ASD (mean age = 28.36) and 30 NT adults (mean age = 22.45) were tested. Both groups viewed 10 different biological motion actions contacting an object/tool and 10 without making contact. Each action was presented twice, and participant's naming responses and reaction times were recorded. Results The ASD group had a significantly lower total number of correct items (M = 29.30 ± 5.08 out of 40) and longer response time (M = 4550 ± 1442 ms) than NT group (M = 32.77 ± 2.78; M = 3556 ± 1148 ms). Both groups were better at naming the actions without objects (ASD group: 17.33 ± 2.30, NT group: 18.67 ± 1.30) than those with objects (ASD group: 11.96 ± 3.57, NT group: 14.10 ± 1.97). Correlation analyses showed that individuals with higher Autism‐spectrum Quotient scale scores tended to make more errors and responded more slowly. Conclusion Adults with ASD were able to identify human point‐light display biological motion actions much better than chance; however, they were less proficient compared with NT adults in terms of accuracy and speed, regardless of action type.

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confidence: 86%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 78%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Adults with autism are less proficient in identifying biological motion actions portrayed with point‐light displays

Hsiung

Chien

Chu

et al. 2019

J intellect Disabil Res

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Broken or socially mistuned mirroring in ASD? An investigation via transcranial magnetic stimulation

Prinsen

Alaerts

2022

Autism Research

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Individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience persistent difficulties during social interactions and communication. Previously, it has been suggested that deficits in the so‐called “mirror system,” active during both action execution and observation, may underlie these social difficulties. It is still a topic of debate however whether deficiencies in the simulation of others' actions (i.e., “broken” mirroring) forms a general feature of ASD, or whether these mostly reflect a lack of social attunement. The latter would suggest an overall intact mirror system, but an impaired modulation of mirror activity according to variable social contexts. In this study, 25 adults with ASD and 28 age‐ and IQ‐matched control participants underwent transcranial magnetic stimulation during the observation of hand movements under variable conditions. Hand movements were presented via a live interaction partner, either without social context to assess basic motor mirroring or in combination with direct and averted gaze from the actor to assess socially modulated mirroring. Overall, no significant group differences were revealed, indicating no generally diminished mirror activity in ASD. Interestingly however, regression analyses revealed that, among ASD participants, higher symptom severity was associated with both reduced basic motor mirroring and aberrant socially modulated mirroring (i.e., no enhancement of mirror system activity upon observation of the interaction partner's direct vs. averted gaze). These findings further challenge the notion that mirror system dysfunctions constitute a principal feature of ASD, but demonstrate that variations in mirroring may be related to differential expressions of ASD symptom severity. Lay Summary Our findings show similar activity levels in brain regions responsible for action simulation and understanding in adults with autism, compared to adults without autism. However, the presence of more severe autism symptoms was linked to reduced activity in these regions. This suggests lower levels of brain activity during action understanding in some, but not all, persons with autism, which may contribute to the social difficulties these persons experience in daily life.

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Impaired alpha and beta modulation in response to social stimuli in children with autism spectrum disorder

Cantonas

Seeber

Mancini

et al. 2022

Preprint

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Background Early preferential attention to biological motion is a fundamental mechanism priming the development of sophisticated skills to detect and react to social stimuli. Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) demonstrate reduced visual orientation towards biological motion, however, the underlying neurobiological mechanisms are unknown. Methods We measured the neural oscillations in children with ASD (n=34, mean age 3.43 years) and age and gender matched typically developing children (TD, n=27) while watching videos of social biological (BM) and geometrical motion (GM). Their visual interest in BM stimuli was measured with eye-tracking techniques. Neural oscillations were measured as amplitude modulation of the frequency bands with the electroencephalogram and calculated as the power ratio between BM and GM conditions using scalp and brain source reconstruction analyses. Results We observed a reduced visual exploration of the BM stimuli along with (1) unchanged sensorimotor mu rhythm and (2) altered cortical alpha and beta power ratio in widespread right prefrontal areas associated with default mode and fronto-parietal networks in young children with ASD as compared to their TD peers. Furthermore, we measured significant correlations between prefrontal and posterior cingulate regions of the default mode network with the developmental quotient in both the ASD and TD groups. Conclusion We observed abnormal alpha and beta modulation of the fronto-parietal and default mode networks along with altered visual exploration of the social biological motion. These deficits represent core impairments of the disorder and may be informative in developing future behavioural and neuroregulation interventions, such as neurofeedback.

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Perception of biological motions is preserved in people with autism spectrum disorder: electrophysiological and behavioural evidences

Cited by 13 publications

References 67 publications

Adults with autism are less proficient in identifying biological motion actions portrayed with point‐light displays

Adults with autism are less proficient in identifying biological motion actions portrayed with point‐light displays

Broken or socially mistuned mirroring in ASD? An investigation via transcranial magnetic stimulation

Impaired alpha and beta modulation in response to social stimuli in children with autism spectrum disorder

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