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Intact automatic imitation of human and robot actions in autism spectrum disorders

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Bird, Geoffrey, Leighton, Jane, Press, Clare, Heyes, Cecilia·2007·Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

DOI 10.1098/rspb.2007.1019PMC PMC2291158

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The existence of a specialized imitation module in humans is hotly debated. Studies suggesting a specific imitation impairment in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) support a modular view. However, the voluntary imitation tasks used in these studies (which require socio-cognitive abilities in addition to imitation for successful performance) cannot support claims of a specific impairment. Accordingly, an automatic imitation paradigm (a ‘cleaner’ measure of imitative ability) was used to assess the imitative ability of 16 adults with ASD and 16 non-autistic matched control participants. Participants performed a prespecified hand action in response to observed hand actions performed either by a human or a robotic hand. On compatible trials the stimulus and response actions matched, while on incompatible trials the two actions did not match. Replicating previous findings, the Control group showed an automatic imitation effect: responses on compatible trials were faster than those on incompatible trials. This effect was greater when responses were made to human than to robotic actions (‘animacy bias’). The ASD group also showed an automatic imitation effect and a larger animacy bias than the Control group. We discuss these findings with reference to the literature on imitation in ASD and theories of imitation.

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Authors: Bird, G., Leighton, J., Press, C., & Heyes, C.
Affiliations: University College London (GB)
ORCID: Bird, Geoffrey
Press, Clare
Heyes, Cecilia
Venue: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Publisher: The Royal Society
Published: 2007-10-03
Volume: 274
Issue: 1628
Pages: 3027-3031
ISSN: 0080-4649 (ISSN-L)
0962-8452
1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1019
PMC: PMC2291158
OpenAlex: W2109009094
Cited by: 242
References: 31
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 16
FWCI: 15.56
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ (tdm)
Locations: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
CentAUR (University of Reading) (acceptedVersion)
UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Economic and Social Research Council (RES-538-28-1001)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Keywords: autism spectrum disorder, automatic imitation, imitation, robotic hand, social cognition
MeSH terms: Adult, Autistic Disorder, Female, Humans, Imitative Behavior, Male, Middle Aged, Photic Stimulation, Robotics

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