Far from action-blind: Representation of others' actions in individuals with Autism
Far from action-blind: Representation of others' actions in individuals with Autism
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DOI：
10.1080/02643290442000121
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发表时间：
2005-05
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
N. Sebanz;G. Knoblich;Luitgard Stumpf;W. Prinz
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作者：
N. Sebanz;G. Knoblich;Luitgard Stumpf;W. Prinz
有人认为，心智理论可能依赖于几个先决条件，包括凝视处理、共同注意、区分自己和他人行为的能力，以及表现目标导向行为的能力。其中一些过程在自闭症患者身上被证明是受损的，他们在心理理论方面有困难。然而，我们对自闭症的动作表征知之甚少。利用空间相容性反应时间（RT）任务的两种变体，我们探讨了高功能自闭症患者是否在控制自己的行为和代表他人的行为方面存在困难的问题。自闭症患者表现出自动反应激活，反应抑制没有困难。当两种行动选择被分配给成对的参与者时，自闭症参与者代表一个共同参与者的任务，显示出与匹配的对照组相同的结果模式。我们讨论的可能性是，在高功能自闭症患者中，将观察到的行为与自己的行为表征相匹配的系统是完整的，而在高层次的社会信息处理方面仍然存在困难。
It has been suggested that theory of mind may rely on several precursors including gaze processing, joint attention, the ability to distinguish between actions of oneself and others, and the ability to represent goal-directed actions. Some of these processes have been shown to be impaired in individuals with autism, who experience difficulties in theory of mind. However, little is known about action representation in autism. Using two variants of a spatial compatibility reaction time (RT) task, we addressed the question of whether high-functioning individuals with autism have difficulties in controlling their own actions and in representing those of others. Participants with autism showed automatic response activation and had no difficulties with response inhibition. When two action alternatives were distributed among pairs of participants, participants with autism represented a co-actor's task, showing the same pattern of results as the matched control group. We discuss the possibility that in high-functioning individuals with autism, the system matching observed actions onto representations of one's own actions is intact, whereas difficulties in higher-level processing of social information persist.