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Do children and adults with autism spectrum condition anticipate others’ actions as goal-directed? A predictive coding perspective

Ganglmayer, Kerstin, Schuwerk, Tobias, Sodian, Beate, Paulus, Markus·2020·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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An action's end state can be anticipated by considering the agent's goal, or simply by projecting the movement trajectory. Theories suggest that individuals with autism spectrum condition (ASC) have difficulties anticipating other's goal-directed actions, caused by an impairment using prior information. We examined whether children, adolescents and adults with and without ASC visually anticipate another's action based on its goal or movement trajectory by presenting participants an agent repeatedly taking different paths to reach the same of two targets. The ASC group anticipated the goal and not just the movement pattern, but needed more time to perform goal-directed anticipations. Results are in line with predictive coding accounts, claiming that the use of prior information is impaired in ASC.

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  • Impairments in the use of non-explicit prior information may lead to difficulties in anticipating the actions of others based on their goal or movement trajectory or mental states.

    “Impairments in the use of non-explicit prior information may lead to difficulties in anticipating the actions of others based on their goal or movement trajectory (Ganglmayer et al., 2020) or mental states (Palmer et al., 2015).”

    From Predictive coding in neuropsychiatric disorders: a systematic transdiagnostic review. (2025) · cites this paper as Ganglmayer et al., 2020

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Authors
Ganglmayer, K., Schuwerk, T., Sodian, B., & Paulus, M.
Affiliations
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Corresponding author
Ganglmayer, Kerstin
Venue
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Published
2019-03-08
Volume
50
Issue
6
Pages
2077-2089
ISSN
  • 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-3432
OpenAlex
W2921241947
Cited by
33
References
61
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3
FWCI
1.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (PA 2302/6-1)
  • Volkswagen Foundation
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, action prediction, goal-directed action, predictive coding, prior information, movement trajectories, visual prediction, children and adolescents, developmental differences
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Female, Goals, Humans, Male, Motivation, Young Adult, Theory of Mind

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