Action coordination during a real-world task: Evidence from children with and without autism spectrum disorder / Dominic A. TREVISAN in Development and Psychopathology, 33-1 (February 2021)  

Public ISBD [article]  inDevelopment and Psychopathology > 33-1 (February 2021) . - p.65-75 Titre : Action coordination during a real-world task: Evidence from children with and without autism spectrum disorder Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Dominic A. TREVISAN, Auteur ; James T. ENNS, Auteur ; Elina BIRMINGHAM, Auteur ; Grace IAROCCI, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.65-75 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Asd  action coordination  autism  joint action  social interaction Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : "Joint action"-the ability to coordinate actions with others-is critical for achieving individual and interpersonal goals and for our collective success as a species. Joint actions require accurate and rapid inferences about others' goals, intentions, and focus of attention, skills that are thought to be impaired in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Research to date has not investigated joint action abilities in individuals with ASD during real-world social interactions. We conducted an experimental study that required children with ASD and typically developing children to move tables by themselves or collaboratively through a maze. This involved developing innovative methodologies for measuring action coordination-a critical component of the joint action process. We found that children with ASD are less likely to benefit from the collaboration of a peer than are typically developing children, and they are less likely to synchronize their steps when moving the table. However, these differences were masked when scaffolded by an adult. There was no evidence that ASD differences were due to gross motor delays in the participants with ASD. We argue that action coordination is a highly adaptive social process that is intrinsic to successful human functioning that manifests as atypical synchronization of mind and body in children with ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579419001561 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=442 [article] Action coordination during a real-world task: Evidence from children with and without autism spectrum disorder [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Dominic A. TREVISAN, Auteur ; James T. ENNS, Auteur ; Elina BIRMINGHAM, Auteur ; Grace IAROCCI, Auteur . - p.65-75. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Development and Psychopathology > 33-1 (February 2021) . - p.65-75 Mots-clés : Asd  action coordination  autism  joint action  social interaction Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : "Joint action"-the ability to coordinate actions with others-is critical for achieving individual and interpersonal goals and for our collective success as a species. Joint actions require accurate and rapid inferences about others' goals, intentions, and focus of attention, skills that are thought to be impaired in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Research to date has not investigated joint action abilities in individuals with ASD during real-world social interactions. We conducted an experimental study that required children with ASD and typically developing children to move tables by themselves or collaboratively through a maze. This involved developing innovative methodologies for measuring action coordination-a critical component of the joint action process. We found that children with ASD are less likely to benefit from the collaboration of a peer than are typically developing children, and they are less likely to synchronize their steps when moving the table. However, these differences were masked when scaffolded by an adult. There was no evidence that ASD differences were due to gross motor delays in the participants with ASD. We argue that action coordination is a highly adaptive social process that is intrinsic to successful human functioning that manifests as atypical synchronization of mind and body in children with ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579419001561 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=442

Alexithymia, but not autism spectrum disorder, may be related to the production of emotional facial expressions / D. A. TREVISAN in Molecular Autism, 7 (2016)  

Public ISBD [article]  inMolecular Autism > 7 (2016) . - 46p. Titre : Alexithymia, but not autism spectrum disorder, may be related to the production of emotional facial expressions Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : D. A. TREVISAN, Auteur ; M. BOWERING, Auteur ; Elina BIRMINGHAM, Auteur Article en page(s) : 46p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Adolescent  Affective Symptoms/physiopathology/psychology  Autism Spectrum Disorder/classification/physiopathology/psychology  Case-Control Studies  Child  Facial Expression  Female  Humans  Male  Pattern Recognition, Automated/statistics & numerical data  Social Perception  Software  Alexithymia  Autism  Facial expressions Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: A prominent diagnostic criterion of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) relates to the abnormal or diminished use of facial expressions. Yet little is known about the mechanisms that contribute to this feature of ASD. METHODS: We showed children with and without ASD emotionally charged video clips in order to parse out individual differences in spontaneous production of facial expressions using automated facial expression analysis software. RESULTS: Using hierarchical multiple regression, we sought to determine whether alexithymia (characterized by difficulties interpreting one's own feeling states) contributes to diminished facial expression production. Across groups, alexithymic traits-but not ASD traits, IQ, or sex-were associated with quantity of facial expression production. CONCLUSIONS: These results accord with a growing body of research suggesting that many emotion processing abnormalities observed in ASD may be explained by co-occurring alexithymia. Developmental and clinical considerations are discussed, and it is argued that alexithymia is an important but too often ignored trait associated with ASD that may have implications for subtyping individuals on the autism spectrum. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-016-0108-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=329 [article] Alexithymia, but not autism spectrum disorder, may be related to the production of emotional facial expressions [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / D. A. TREVISAN, Auteur ; M. BOWERING, Auteur ; Elina BIRMINGHAM, Auteur . - 46p. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Molecular Autism > 7 (2016) . - 46p. Mots-clés : Adolescent  Affective Symptoms/physiopathology/psychology  Autism Spectrum Disorder/classification/physiopathology/psychology  Case-Control Studies  Child  Facial Expression  Female  Humans  Male  Pattern Recognition, Automated/statistics & numerical data  Social Perception  Software  Alexithymia  Autism  Facial expressions Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: A prominent diagnostic criterion of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) relates to the abnormal or diminished use of facial expressions. Yet little is known about the mechanisms that contribute to this feature of ASD. METHODS: We showed children with and without ASD emotionally charged video clips in order to parse out individual differences in spontaneous production of facial expressions using automated facial expression analysis software. RESULTS: Using hierarchical multiple regression, we sought to determine whether alexithymia (characterized by difficulties interpreting one's own feeling states) contributes to diminished facial expression production. Across groups, alexithymic traits-but not ASD traits, IQ, or sex-were associated with quantity of facial expression production. CONCLUSIONS: These results accord with a growing body of research suggesting that many emotion processing abnormalities observed in ASD may be explained by co-occurring alexithymia. Developmental and clinical considerations are discussed, and it is argued that alexithymia is an important but too often ignored trait associated with ASD that may have implications for subtyping individuals on the autism spectrum. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-016-0108-6 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=329

Are emotion recognition abilities related to everyday social functioning in ASD? A meta-analysis / Dominic A. TREVISAN in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 32 (December 2016)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 32 (December 2016) . - p.24-42 Titre : Are emotion recognition abilities related to everyday social functioning in ASD? A meta-analysis Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Dominic A. TREVISAN, Auteur ; Elina BIRMINGHAM, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.24-42 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism  Emotion recognition  Meta-analysis  Social functioning Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : AbstractBackground Most developmental theories of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) emphasize a link between the ability to infer others' emotional states with their everyday social functioning. However, rarely has this association been empirically examined in this population. Methods We conducted a meta-analysis to quantitatively summarize correlations between performance on facial emotion recognition tasks and theoretically related variables broadly related to social functioning and other cognitive abilities. Results Sixty-two correlation coefficients from 27 separate articles met our inclusion criteria. Correlations between the ability to recognize facial expressions (FER) and each category of variables were moderate but significant in the expected direction. FER was positively correlated with age, nonverbal and verbal intelligence, Theory of Mind, and adaptive functioning, and negatively correlated with alexithymia and higher ASD symptoms. Conclusions The findings of this meta-analysis indicate that FER abilities represent an important social cognitive ability given its relation to real-world social behavior and other characteristics and cognitive abilities. However, the striking lack of studies in this area calls for more research to gain a clearer understanding of the developmental significance of FER, especially in relation to the broader social impairment characteristic of ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2016.08.004 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=296 [article] Are emotion recognition abilities related to everyday social functioning in ASD? A meta-analysis [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Dominic A. TREVISAN, Auteur ; Elina BIRMINGHAM, Auteur . - p.24-42. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 32 (December 2016) . - p.24-42 Mots-clés : Autism  Emotion recognition  Meta-analysis  Social functioning Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : AbstractBackground Most developmental theories of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) emphasize a link between the ability to infer others' emotional states with their everyday social functioning. However, rarely has this association been empirically examined in this population. Methods We conducted a meta-analysis to quantitatively summarize correlations between performance on facial emotion recognition tasks and theoretically related variables broadly related to social functioning and other cognitive abilities. Results Sixty-two correlation coefficients from 27 separate articles met our inclusion criteria. Correlations between the ability to recognize facial expressions (FER) and each category of variables were moderate but significant in the expected direction. FER was positively correlated with age, nonverbal and verbal intelligence, Theory of Mind, and adaptive functioning, and negatively correlated with alexithymia and higher ASD symptoms. Conclusions The findings of this meta-analysis indicate that FER abilities represent an important social cognitive ability given its relation to real-world social behavior and other characteristics and cognitive abilities. However, the striking lack of studies in this area calls for more research to gain a clearer understanding of the developmental significance of FER, especially in relation to the broader social impairment characteristic of ASD. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2016.08.004 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=296

Examining the relationship between autistic traits and college adjustment / Dominic TREVISAN in Autism, 20-6 (August 2016)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 20-6 (August 2016) . - p.719-729 Titre : Examining the relationship between autistic traits and college adjustment Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Dominic TREVISAN, Auteur ; Elina BIRMINGHAM, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.719-729 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : broad autism phenotype  college adjustment  pragmatic language Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : We examined the relationship between characteristics associated with autism spectrum disorder and college adjustment in a sample of neurotypical college students. Using the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire and the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire, we found that higher levels of autism spectrum disorder characteristics were associated with poorer adjustment to college. One subscale of the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire, pragmatic language difficulties, explained the most variance in adjustment. In addition, students who met the previously established cut-off scores for possessing the broad autism phenotype scored significantly lower on all Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire subscales. Finally, pragmatic language difficulties mediated the relationship between college major and academic adjustment. These findings underscore the need for future research to examine how pragmatic language difficulties may impede college success in students with autism spectrum disorder and in the typical population. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361315604530 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=290 [article] Examining the relationship between autistic traits and college adjustment [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Dominic TREVISAN, Auteur ; Elina BIRMINGHAM, Auteur . - p.719-729. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 20-6 (August 2016) . - p.719-729 Mots-clés : broad autism phenotype  college adjustment  pragmatic language Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : We examined the relationship between characteristics associated with autism spectrum disorder and college adjustment in a sample of neurotypical college students. Using the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire and the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire, we found that higher levels of autism spectrum disorder characteristics were associated with poorer adjustment to college. One subscale of the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire, pragmatic language difficulties, explained the most variance in adjustment. In addition, students who met the previously established cut-off scores for possessing the broad autism phenotype scored significantly lower on all Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire subscales. Finally, pragmatic language difficulties mediated the relationship between college major and academic adjustment. These findings underscore the need for future research to examine how pragmatic language difficulties may impede college success in students with autism spectrum disorder and in the typical population. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361315604530 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=290

Facial Expression Production in Autism: A Meta-Analysis / D. A. TREVISAN in Autism Research, 11-12 (December 2018)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 11-12 (December 2018) . - p.1586-1601 Titre : Facial Expression Production in Autism: A Meta-Analysis Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : D. A. TREVISAN, Auteur ; M. HOSKYN, Auteur ; Elina BIRMINGHAM, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1586-1601 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism  facial expressions  meta-analysis Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This meta-analysis summarized studies that examined group differences on the production of facial expressions in participants with ASD compared to typically developing or nonautistic clinical comparison groups. The overall summary effect from 67 effect sizes representing the average ASD-comparison group differences in facial expressions was -0.481, indicating a moderate effect size. We conducted subgroup analyses to group effect sizes according to separate facial expression abilities identified in the literature. These analyses revealed that participants with ASD display facial expressions less frequently and for less amount of time, and they are less likely to share facial expressions with others or automatically mimic the expressions of real faces or face stimuli. Their facial expressions are also judged to be lower in quality and are expressed less accurately. However, participants with ASD do not express emotions less intensely, nor is their reaction time of expression onset slower in response to odors, startling sensations, or in response to face stimuli in mimicry studies. ASD-comparison group differences were moderated by matching procedures, age, and intellectual functioning of the ASD participants suggesting that persons with higher IQ and larger number of accumulated life experiences are better able to produce facial expressions that are more consistent with "neurotypical" norms. Group differences were also stronger for "covertly elicited" than "explicitly elicited" facial expressions suggesting individuals with ASD may naturally produce facial expressions differently from other populations, but are less impaired in expressing emotions typically when prompted to do so in a laboratory setting. Autism Research 2018, 11: 1586-1601. (c) 2018 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. LAY SUMMARY: We reviewed studies that compared facial expressions in people with and without autism. Results revealed that facial expressions of people with autism are atypical in appearance and quality and are used atypically to regulate social interactions. The magnitude of these differences was influenced by participant characteristics (e.g. age and intellectual functioning), and by how facial expressions were measured and analyzed in various studies. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2037 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=372 [article] Facial Expression Production in Autism: A Meta-Analysis [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / D. A. TREVISAN, Auteur ; M. HOSKYN, Auteur ; Elina BIRMINGHAM, Auteur . - p.1586-1601. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 11-12 (December 2018) . - p.1586-1601 Mots-clés : autism  facial expressions  meta-analysis Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : This meta-analysis summarized studies that examined group differences on the production of facial expressions in participants with ASD compared to typically developing or nonautistic clinical comparison groups. The overall summary effect from 67 effect sizes representing the average ASD-comparison group differences in facial expressions was -0.481, indicating a moderate effect size. We conducted subgroup analyses to group effect sizes according to separate facial expression abilities identified in the literature. These analyses revealed that participants with ASD display facial expressions less frequently and for less amount of time, and they are less likely to share facial expressions with others or automatically mimic the expressions of real faces or face stimuli. Their facial expressions are also judged to be lower in quality and are expressed less accurately. However, participants with ASD do not express emotions less intensely, nor is their reaction time of expression onset slower in response to odors, startling sensations, or in response to face stimuli in mimicry studies. ASD-comparison group differences were moderated by matching procedures, age, and intellectual functioning of the ASD participants suggesting that persons with higher IQ and larger number of accumulated life experiences are better able to produce facial expressions that are more consistent with "neurotypical" norms. Group differences were also stronger for "covertly elicited" than "explicitly elicited" facial expressions suggesting individuals with ASD may naturally produce facial expressions differently from other populations, but are less impaired in expressing emotions typically when prompted to do so in a laboratory setting. Autism Research 2018, 11: 1586-1601. (c) 2018 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. LAY SUMMARY: We reviewed studies that compared facial expressions in people with and without autism. Results revealed that facial expressions of people with autism are atypical in appearance and quality and are used atypically to regulate social interactions. The magnitude of these differences was influenced by participant characteristics (e.g. age and intellectual functioning), and by how facial expressions were measured and analyzed in various studies. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2037 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=372

Family Experiences of Decreased Sound Tolerance in ASD / Nichole E. SCHEERER in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52-9 (September 2022)  

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Mentoring University Students with ASD: A Mentee-centered Approach / Nicole ROBERTS in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47-4 (April 2017)  

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