ArticleScientific reports2021
Movement kinematics and cortical activation in children with and without autism spectrum disorder during sway synchrony tasks: an fNIRS study.
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- Cortical Region Reporting Patterns in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Systematic Review of fNIRS Studies.Biosensors · 2026Pooled it
- Social motor synchrony in autism spectrum conditions: A systematic review.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Pooled it
- Neural Effects of Physical Activity and Movement Interventions in Individuals With Developmental Disabilities-A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Cognitive and Motor Development in Autistic Children: A Multi-Modal Feasibility Study Combining Neuroimaging and Virtual Reality Paradigms.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Reliability of Behavioral and fNIRS Neural Responses: Assessments During Posture-Inhibitory Control Dual Tasking.NeuroSci · 2026Article
- Prefrontal activation and connectivity during verbal fluency in autism Spectrum disorder: an fNIRS study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Speed-Dependent Visual-Motor Tracking Differences in Children With Autism Relate to Core Symptoms.Annals of the Child Neurology Society · 2025Article
- Neural Effects of Creative Movement, General Movement, and Sedentary Play Interventions on Interpersonal Synchrony in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Preliminary fNIRS Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Effects of Creative Movement, General Movement, or Seated Play Interventions on Motor Performance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Research in autism spectrum disorders · 2025Article
- Social-Motor Coordination Between Peers: Joint Action Developmental Trajectories in ASD and TD.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Impaired effective functional connectivity in the social preference of children with autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Autism-Related Differences in Cortical Activation When Observing, Producing, and Imitating Communicative Gestures: An fNIRS Study.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- fNIRS-Based Differences in Cortical Activation during Tool Use, Pantomimed Actions, and Meaningless Actions between Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Interdisciplinary views of fNIRS: Current advancements, equity challenges, and an agenda for future needs of a diverse fNIRS research community.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2023Review
- The use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy in tracking neurodevelopmental trajectories in infants and children with or without developmental disorders: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- A further study of relations between motor impairment and social communication, cognitive, language, functional impairments, and repetitive behavior severity in children with ASD using the SPARK study dataset.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022Article
- Cortical activation during cooperative joint actions and competition in children with and without an autism spectrum condition (ASC): an fNIRS study.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have difficulties with socially embedded movements such as imitation and interpersonal synchrony (IPS); however, related movement characteristics and underlying neural mechanisms are not well understood. This study compared the movement characteristics and cortical activation patterns of children with and without ASD during a whole-body, sway synchrony task when different levels of social information were provided. Thirty children with and without ASD (mean age: 12.6 years, SE: 0.6 years) participated. Movement kinematics and fNIRS-based cortical activation were recorded when the child observed an adult tester sway side to side, when they swayed solo, or when they swayed face to face with the tester with or without fingertips touching (i.e., IPS). Children with ASD showed reduced synchrony and smaller sway amplitude compared to typically developing children without ASD. They showed reduced cortical activation over the inferior frontal gyrus and superior temporal sulcus during IPS and did not show significant increase in cortical activation when more social information was provided. The cortical activation findings were significantly associated with IPS behaviors and social communication performance. The ASD-related neurobiomarkers identified in our study could be used as objective measures to evaluate intervention effects in children with ASD.
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