A Systematic Review of Action Imitation in Autistic Spectrum Disorder

By Justin H. G. Williams, Andrew Whiten, Tulika Singh. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2004

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology

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Sensorimotor intentionality: The origins of intentionality in prospective agent action (2013, background): “…isolation and emotional distress, and help to explain how certain imitation-based therapies are able to form psychological and emotional connection between individuals where they are otherwise apparently not possible (Escalona et al., 2002; Field et al., 2001; Nadel, 2006; Williams et al., 2004).”
The Effect of Context on Imitation Skills in Children with Autism. (2008, background): “There is also a growing body of literature that demonstrates that children with autism have deficits in imitation (see Smith & Bryson, 1994; Williams, Whiten, & Singh, 2004, for reviews).”
Robots for use in autism research. (2012, background): “Children with autism often have difficulty imitating other people’s behavior (48).”
Children with Autism Social Engagement in Interaction with Nao, an Imitative Robot - A Series of Single Case Experiments (2012, background): “Some studies argue that there are imitation deﬁciencies in autism [16], [51].”
The Social Role of Imitation in Autism: Implications for the Treatment of Imitation Deficits (2008, background): “These deficits have been reported on a variety of tasks including symbolic and nonsymbolic body movements, symbolic and functional object use, vocalizations, and facial expressions (for review, see Smith & Bryson, 1994; Williams, Whiten, & Singh, 2004 ).”
Reduced functional connectivity between V1 and inferior frontal cortex associated with visuomotor performance in autism (2005, background): “(2001b), defects in the mirror neuron system may be responsible for impairments of imitation (Williams et al., 2004) and joint attention (Charman et al.”