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Anomalous Perception of Biological Motion in Autism: A Conceptual Review and Meta-Analysis.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Digital tools for direct assessment of autism risk during early childhood: A systematic review.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Pooled it
- Motor imagery in autism: a systematic review.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Distinct Biological Motion Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Pooled it
- Biological motion perception in autism spectrum disorder: a meta-analysis.Molecular autism · 2019Pooled it
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- Multi-level processing of emotions in life motion signals revealed through pupil responses.eLife · 2024Article
- Mapping neural correlates of biological motion perception in autistic children using high-density diffuse optical tomography.Molecular autism · 2024Article
- Associations Between Autism Spectrum Quotient and Integration of Visual Stimuli in 9-year-old Children: Preliminary Evidence of Sex Differences.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
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Abstract
Despite its popularity, the construct of biological motion (BM) and its putative anomalies in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are not completely clarified. In this article, we present a meta-analysis investigating the putative anomalies of BM perception in ASD. Through a systematic literature search, we found 30 studies that investigated BM perception in both ASD and typical developing peers by using point-light display stimuli. A general meta-analysis including all these studies showed a moderate deficit of individuals with ASD in BM processing, but also a high heterogeneity. This heterogeneity was explored in different additional meta-analyses where studies were grouped according to levels of complexity of the BM task employed (first-order, direct and instrumental), and according to the manipulation of low-level perceptual features (spatial vs. temporal) of the control stimuli. Results suggest that the most severe deficit in ASD is evident when perception of BM is serving a secondary purpose (e.g., inferring intentionality/action/emotion) and, interestingly, that temporal dynamics of stimuli are an important factor in determining BM processing anomalies in ASD. Our results question the traditional understanding of BM anomalies in ASD as a monolithic deficit and suggest a paradigm shift that deconstructs BM into distinct levels of processing and specific spatio-temporal subcomponents.
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