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Perception of biological motion in autism spectrum disorders
Abstract
In individuals with autism or autism-spectrum-disorder (ASD), conflicting results have been reported regarding the processing of biological motion tasks. As biological motion perception and recognition might be related to impaired imitation, gross motor skills and autism specific psychopathology in individuals with ASD, we performed a functional MRI study on biological motion perception in a sample of 15 adolescent and young adult individuals with ASD and typically developing, age, sex and IQ matched controls. Neuronal activation during biological motion perception was compared between groups, and correlation patterns of imitation, gross motor and behavioral measures with neuronal activation were explored. Differences in local gray matter volume between groups as well as correlation patterns of psychopathological measures with gray matter volume were additionally compared. On the behavioral level, recognition of biological motion was assessed by a reaction time (RT) task. Groups differed strongly with regard to neuronal activation and RT, and differential correlation patterns with behavioral as well as with imitation and gross motor abilities were elicited across and within groups. However, contrasting with the initial hypothesis, additional differences between groups were observed during perception and recognition of spatially moving point lights in general irrespective of biological motion. Results either point towards difficulties in higher-order motion perception or in the integration of complex motion information in the association cortex. This interpretation is supported by differences in gray matter volume as well as correlation with repetitive behavior bilaterally in the parietal cortex and the right medial temporal cortex. The specific correlation of neuronal activation during biological motion perception with hand-finger imitation, dynamic balance and diadochokinesis abilities emphasizes the possible relevance of difficulties in biological motion perception or impaired self-other matching for action imitation and gross motor difficulties in individuals with ASD.
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“A similar trend in the middle temporal gyrus was reported by Freitag et al. (2008) in the contrast of all motions versus baseline.”
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“Recent fMRI studies by Herrington et al. (2007) and Freitag et al. (2008) provide converging evidence on the neural processing of biological motion in ASD populations.”
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“The study by Freitag et al. (2008) went on to show that the contrast of brain activity of intact versus scrambled revealed substantially different patterns of activation for the two populations.”
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“In the right hemisphere, activations specific for biological motion were found only in the limbic system and Thalamus.”
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“In contrast, the ASD group showed less activated clusters overall.”
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“Freitag et al. (2008) argue strongly that the processing of biological motion stimuli by people with ASD is very different from that of typical controls.”
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“What activations there were were primarily in the left hemisphere in parieto-temporal (limbic) and frontal areas as well as basal ganglia.”
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“For the control group, when intact biological and scrambled motion were compared, activations were found bilaterally in parietal, temporal and frontal lobes as well as basal ganglia and insula.”
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- Authors
- Freitag, C. M., Konrad, C., Häberlen, M., Kleser, C., von Gontard, A., Reith, W., Troje, N. F., & Krick, C.
- Affiliations
- Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes (DE)
- University of Münster (DE)
- Saarland University (DE)
- Queen's University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Freitag, Christine M.
- Venue
- Neuropsychologia
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1480-1494
- ISSN
- 0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2123372693
- Cited by
- 244
- References
- 70
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 15
- FWCI
- 8.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, biological motion perception, motion perception, imitation, gross motor skills, gray matter volume, repetitive behavior, parietal cortex, medial temporal cortex, adolescents and young adults
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Autistic Disorder, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Imitative Behavior, Intelligence Tests, Functional Laterality, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Motion Perception, Motor Skills, Neuropsychological Tests, Photic Stimulation, Reaction Time, Sex Characteristics, Space Perception, Linear Models
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