Sensitivity to Social Contingency in Adults with High-Functioning Autism during Computer-Mediated Embodied Interaction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Apparatus
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Analysis
2.4.1. Visual Inspection
2.4.2. Classification of Encounters and Clicks
- (1)
- Frequency of discrete encounters, which reflects interaction dynamics;
- (2)
- Frequency of discrete clicks, which reflects conscious identification;
- (3)
- Ratios of clicks to encounters according to ObjectType, which essentially indicates the propensity to click on a specific type of encountered object.
2.4.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Frequency Distributions as a Function of the Distance between Participants
3.2. Number of Stimulations Per Object Type and Case of Clicks
3.3. Ratio of Clicks to Encounters
4. Discussion
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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HFA N = 10 (5F/5M) | CTRL N = 10 (5F/5M) | Cohen’s d | |
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Age | 42.32 (9.20) | 43.00 (9.27) | d = 0.074 |
WST | 113.11 (20.13) | 109.22 (12.98) | d = 0.235 |
BDI | 14.11 (9.83) | 4.44 (2.65) | d = 1.55 |
AQ | 40.56 (4.45) | 15.63 (3.78) | d = 6.06 |
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Zapata-Fonseca, L.; Froese, T.; Schilbach, L.; Vogeley, K.; Timmermans, B. Sensitivity to Social Contingency in Adults with High-Functioning Autism during Computer-Mediated Embodied Interaction. Behav. Sci. 2018, 8, 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs8020022
Zapata-Fonseca L, Froese T, Schilbach L, Vogeley K, Timmermans B. Sensitivity to Social Contingency in Adults with High-Functioning Autism during Computer-Mediated Embodied Interaction. Behavioral Sciences. 2018; 8(2):22. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs8020022
Chicago/Turabian StyleZapata-Fonseca, Leonardo, Tom Froese, Leonhard Schilbach, Kai Vogeley, and Bert Timmermans. 2018. "Sensitivity to Social Contingency in Adults with High-Functioning Autism during Computer-Mediated Embodied Interaction" Behavioral Sciences 8, no. 2: 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs8020022
APA StyleZapata-Fonseca, L., Froese, T., Schilbach, L., Vogeley, K., & Timmermans, B. (2018). Sensitivity to Social Contingency in Adults with High-Functioning Autism during Computer-Mediated Embodied Interaction. Behavioral Sciences, 8(2), 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs8020022