Aberrant gesture use in autism spectrum disorders is unrelated to motor abnormalities
Our findings suggest that gesture deficits in ASD are not driven by the presence of motor impairments. However, given the small sample size, these results should be interpreted with caution. Future studies with larger and more diverse samples are needed to further investigate the mechanisms contributing to gesture difficulties in ASD.
Authors
- Gerrit Steinberg
- Thomas Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9315-8138)
- Sebastian Walther (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4026-3561)
- Anastasia Pavlidou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5590-3456)
- Avram Tolev
- Dirk Reinhold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6441-9631)
Institutions
- University of Basel (CH)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- Privatklinik Meiringen (CH)
- Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-025-02093-x
- Primary Topic
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Bern