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Schuwerk, Tobias ORCID: 0000-0003-3720-7120, Baetz, Johannes, Träuble, Birgit ORCID: 0000-0001-7481-3627, Sodian, Beate and Paulus, Markus (2020). Do ostensive cues affect object processing in children with and without autism? A test of natural pedagogy theory. Psychol. Res.-Psychol. Forsch., 84 (8). S. 2248 - 2262. HEIDELBERG: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG. ISSN 1430-2772

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Abstract

Theories suggest that the perception of others' actions and social cues leads to selective processing of object features. Most recently, natural pedagogy theory postulated that ostensive cues lead to a selective processing of an object's features at the expense of processing of its location. This study examined this hypothesis in 10-year-old children with and without autism spectrum condition (ASC) to better understand social information processing in ASC and the relevance of observing others in human object processing in general. Participants saw an agent either ostensively pointing to an object or non-ostensively grasping an object. Thereafter, the cued or uncued object changed either its location or identity. We assessed not only behavioral responses, but also participants' gaze behavior by means of eye tracking. In contrast to natural pedagogy theory, we found that in the non-ostensive grasping context, participants rather noticed an identity change than a location change. Moreover, location changes were more readily identified in the ostensive pointing context. Importantly, there was no difference between children with and without ASC. Our study shows that the perception of ostensively vs. non-ostensively framed actions leads to different processing of object features, indicating a close link between action perception, object processing, and social cues. Moreover, the lacking group difference in our study suggests that these basic perception-action processes are not impaired in autism.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Schuwerk, Tobias UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3720-7120 UNSPECIFIED Baetz, Johannes UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Träuble, Birgit UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-7481-3627 UNSPECIFIED Sodian, Beate UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Paulus, Markus UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-313930
DOI:	10.1007/s00426-019-01223-0
Journal or Publication Title:	Psychol. Res.-Psychol. Forsch.
Volume:	84
Number:	8
Page Range:	S. 2248 - 2262
Date:	2020
Publisher:	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Place of Publication:	HEIDELBERG
ISSN:	1430-2772
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INDUCED MEMORY BIASES; VISUAL-ATTENTION; SPECTRUM; GAZE; EYE; ADULTS; REPLICATION; INFORMATION; SENSITIVITY; MODULATION Multiple languages Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/31393