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https://research.sc/participant/login/dynamic/2A661979-A40E-45F2-9F85-45E1D09BBDEA

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1. there is a significant difference in mean response times on compatible and incompatible trials in response to human and robotic stimuli in both the ASD and control groups

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2. Significant difference in animacy effect between the ASD and control group

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3. There will be a general difference in the overall response time

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The trials were split into 4 blocks - repeated measures - 2 blocks closing response was required & 2 blocks opening response was required - human & robotic stimuli were presented in different blocks

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both the compatibility effect and animacy bias were significant in both groups 

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both the compatibility effect and animacy bias were significant in both groups 

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An interaction between group, trial type and stimulus was significant. This indicated that the difference between the human and robotic compatibility effect was larger for ASD group than for the control group.

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1) imitation falls into two categories: specialist and generalist

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There were 15 compatible trials, 15 incompatible trials and 6 catch trials - in compatible trials the response and stimulus movements matched, in incompatible trials the response and stimulus movements did not match, in the catch trials the warning stimulus remained on the screen and ps were told to refrain from imitating movement

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To address the limitations of previous research, they used automatic rather than voluntary imitation tests. This minimized the demands on non-specific mechanisms and the participants' movements could be observed.

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32 participants, 16 (ASD) and 16 (normally developing controls)

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2) specialist theories = imitation is mediated by a special purpose imitation module
generalist theories = imitation is task-general, initiated by motor control

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the control group did show an automatic imitation effect.

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found a gap in the research - they only found one previous study looking at automatic imitation in ASD

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4) Animacy Bias- bias towards own species (human hand) vs robotic hand.

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3) Previous research- ASD individuals demonstrate specific imitation impairments with absence of general motor control.

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Those who has ASD did not show any impairments of automatic imitation of neutral hand actions.

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4. There will be an animacy effect between robot and human stimuli

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5) Automatic imitation effect: responding is faster on compatible than on incompatible trials (incompatible trials = participant asked to do opposite of prespecified response)