movement and autism

Status: IRB approved, data collection pending

Movement is a quantifiable output of the nervous system which conveys considerable information to the people around you. We can usually tell by how someone stands or walks whether they are tired, angry, or excited. In collaboration with Mark Jaime at IU-Columbus, we have been developing computer vision methods to isolate unique features of social movement from video observations collected in the lab. We use these ‘digital kinematics’ to test for possible links between features associated with autism spectrum disorder (these features are present in all individuals to varying degrees) and movement. The project aims to better understand individuals on the autism spectrum, as well as more generally understand the relationship between social movements and individual differences in the broader community.

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