title: Effects of motor action on affective preferences in autism spectrum disorders: different influences of embodiment.
abstract: In the embodied cognition framework, sensory, motor and emotional experiences are encoded along with sensorimotor cues from the context in which information was acquired. As such, representations retain an initial imprint of the manner in which information was acquired. The current study reports results indicating a lack of embodiment effects in ASD and, further, an association between embodiment differences and ASD symptomatology. The current results are consistent with an embodied account of ASD that goes beyond social experiences and could be driven by subtle deficits in sensorimotor coordination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Inge-Marie
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Eigsti
authors.affiliation: Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Aix-Marseille Université, France.
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosset
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Aix-Marseille Université, France.
authors.forename: Ghislaine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Col Cozzari
authors.affiliation: Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Aix-Marseille Université, France.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: da Fonseca
authors.affiliation: Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Aix-Marseille Université, France.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deruelle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014796:Visual Perception; D055815:Young Adult