Di Cesare Giuseppe, Sparaci Laura, Pelosi Annalisa, Mazzone Luigi, Giovagnoli Giulia, Menghini Deny, Ruffaldi Emanuele, Vicari Stefano
Department of Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaGenoa, Italy.
Neuroscience Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of ParmaParma, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2017 Sep 4;8:1456. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01456. eCollection 2017.
Vitality form is a term, originally introduced by Stern (2010), to describe "how" an action is performed. The capacity to perceive the vitality form of others' actions is a fundamental element of social interactions and a basic way of relating to and understanding others' behaviors. Although vitality forms characterize all human interactions, few studies have addressed their role in social and communicative disorders such as autism. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the ability to recognize different vitality forms during the observation of different motor actions in a group of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) compared to typically developing controls (TD). Results show a significant difference between children with ASD and TD in vitality forms recognition. This finding sheds new light on how children with ASD understand others' actions providing new ideas on overall social understanding as well as useful insights for professionals and caregivers alike.
活力形式是一个最初由斯特恩（2010年）提出的术语，用于描述一个动作是“如何”执行的。感知他人动作活力形式的能力是社会互动的一个基本要素，也是与他人建立联系并理解他人行为的一种基本方式。尽管活力形式表征了所有人类互动，但很少有研究探讨它们在诸如自闭症等社会和交流障碍中的作用。本研究的目的是评估一组自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童与发育正常的对照组（TD）在观察不同运动动作时识别不同活力形式的能力。结果显示，ASD儿童和TD儿童在活力形式识别方面存在显著差异。这一发现为自闭症儿童如何理解他人的动作提供了新的线索，为整体社会理解提供了新的思路，也为专业人员和护理人员提供了有用的见解。
