ArticleBiological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging2021
Computerized Assessment of Motor Imitation as a Scalable Method for Distinguishing Children With Autism.
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- Evaluating Computerised Assessment of Motor Imitation (CAMI) for identifying autism-specific difficulties not observed for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or neurotypical development.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2026Article
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- Autism Digital Phenotyping in Preschool- and School-Age Children.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Article
- Mapping brain function underlying naturalistic motor observation and imitation using high-density diffuse optical tomography.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Motor Signature Differences Between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Coordination Disorder, and Their Neural Mechanisms.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Digital motor markers for early autism detection: promise, pitfalls, and a path to clinics.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Interceptive abilities in autism spectrum disorder: Comparing naturalistic and virtual visuomotor tasks.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2024Article
- Mapping neural correlates of biological motion perception in autistic children using high-density diffuse optical tomography.Molecular autism · 2024Article
- Computer Vision Analysis of Caregiver-Child Interactions in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Preliminary Report.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- People with Autism Spectrum Disorder Could Interact More Easily with a Robot than with a Human: Reasons and Limits.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Development of webcam-collected and artificial-intelligence-derived social and cognitive performance measures for neurodevelopmental genetic syndromes.American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics · 2023Article
- Autistic Children Use Less Efficient Goal-Directed Whole Body Movements Compared to Neurotypical Development.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- Motor differences in autism during a human-robot imitative gesturing task.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2023Article
- Mimicry and social affiliation with virtual partner are decreased in autism.Research in autism spectrum disorders · 2023Article
- Computational Measurement of Motor Imitation and Imitative Learning Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Computational Motor Imitation Measurement in ASD.ICMI '21 companion : companion publication of the 2021 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction : October 18th-22, 2021, Montreal, Canada. ICMI (Conference) (23rd : 2021 : Montreal, Quebec; Online) · 2021Article
- Moving Toward Understanding Autism: Visual-Motor Integration, Imitation, and Social Skill Development.Pediatric neurology · 2021Review
- Automated and scalable Computerized Assessment of Motor Imitation (CAMI) in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder using a single 2D camera: A pilot study.Research in autism spectrum disorders · 2021Article
- Motor Skill Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Clinically Focused Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundImitation deficits are prevalent in autism spectrum conditions (ASCs) and are associated with core autistic traits. Imitating others' actions is central to the development of social skills in typically developing populations, as it facilitates social learning and bond formation. We present a Computerized Assessment of Motor Imitation (CAMI) using a brief (1-min), highly engaging video game task.
methodsUsing Kinect Xbox motion tracking technology, we recorded 48 children (27 with ASCs, 21 typically developing) as they imitated a model's dance movements. We implemented an algorithm based on metric learning and dynamic time warping that automatically detects and evaluates the important joints and returns a score considering spatial position and timing differences between the child and the model. To establish construct validity and reliability, we compared imitation performance measured by the CAMI method to the more traditional human observation coding (HOC) method across repeated trials and two different movement sequences.
resultsResults revealed poorer imitation in children with ASCs than in typically developing children (ps < .005), with poorer imitation being associated with increased core autism symptoms. While strong correlations between the CAMI and HOC methods (rs = .69-.87) confirmed the CAMI's construct validity, CAMI scores classified the children into diagnostic groups better than the HOC scores (accuracy
conclusionsFindings support the CAMI as an objective, highly scalable, directly interpretable method for assessing motor imitation differences, providing a promising biomarker for defining biologically meaningful ASC subtypes and guiding intervention.
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