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Observing and participating in social interactions: Action perception and action control across the autistic spectrum

January 23, 2017Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Two-person psychophysiology setup: This setup allows for an investigation of the interrelation of sensory and social processes in direct, gaze-based social interaction between two persons (Person A, Person B); blue arrows: incoming sensory information from non-social stimuli; green arrows: intra-personal processes; red arrows: social interaction loop mediated by a micro-camera communication system. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)

Autism is a developmental condition, characterized by difficulties of social interaction and communication, as well as restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. Although several important conceptions have shed light on specific facets, there is still no consensus about a universal yet specific theory in terms of its underlying mechanisms. While some theories have exclusively focused on sensory aspects, others have emphasized social difficulties. However, sensory and social processes in autism might be interconnected to a higher degree than what has been traditionally thought. We propose that a mismatch in sensory abilities across individuals can lead to difficulties on a social, i.e. interpersonal level and vice versa. In this article, we, therefore, selectively review evidence indicating an interrelationship between perceptual and social difficulties in autism. Additionally, we link this body of research with studies, which investigate the mechanisms of action control in social contexts. By doing so, we highlight that autistic traits are also crucially related to differences in integration, anticipation and automatic responding to social cues, rather than a mere inability to register and learn from social cues. Importantly, such differences may only manifest themselves in sufficiently complex situations, such as real-life social interactions, where such processes are inextricably linked.


Bolis D* & Schilbach L. Observing and participating in social interactions: Action perception and action control across the autistic spectrum. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (2017) S1878-9293(16)30174-8 Online Ahead of Print – Open Access
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2017.01.009

*In collaboration with the International Max Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry

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