Millions of children are impacted by neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), which unfold
early in life, have varying genetic etiologies and can involve a variety of specific or …

Abstract Purpose of Review We review evidence for the presence, quality, and correlates of
interpersonal synchrony in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) across four domains: motor …

Abstract Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have basic motor impairments in
balance, gait, and coordination as well as autism-specific impairments in praxis/motor …

In this article, I sketch an enactive account of autism. For the enactive approach to cognition,
embodiment, experience, and social interaction are fundamental to understanding mind and …

Imagination will remain a mystery—we will not be able to explain imagination—until we can
break it into simpler parts that are more easily understood. Explaining Imagination is a …

When we feel connected or engaged during social behavior, are our brains in fact “in sync”
in a formal, quantifiable sense? Most studies addressing this question use highly controlled …

The association between neural oscillations and functional integration is widely recognized
in the study of human cognition. Large-scale synchronization of neural activity has also been …

Shared intentionality, or collaborative interactions in which individuals have a shared goal
and must coordinate their efforts, is a core component of human interaction. However, the …

During occupational therapy for children with autism, it is often necessary to elicit and
maintain engagement for the children to benefit from the session. Recently, social robots …

Brain-to-brain synchrony has been proposed as an important mechanism underlying social
interaction. While first findings indicate that it may be modulated in children with autism …