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Embodied simulation and the meaning of facial expression in autism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2010

Kris Evers ,
Ilse Noens ,
Jean Steyaert  and
Johan Wagemans
Kris Evers
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Belgium. kris.evers@psy.kuleuven.bewww.gestaltrevision.be Child Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Belgium. johan.wagemans@psy.kuleuven.bewww.gestaltrevision.be Leuven Autism Research Consortium (LAuRes), University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Belgium. jean.steyaert@med.kuleuven.bewww.gestaltrevision.be
Ilse Noens
Affiliation:
Centre for Parenting, Child Welfare and Disabilities, University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Belgium. ilse.noens@ped.kuleuven.bewww.gestaltrevision.be Leuven Autism Research Consortium (LAuRes), University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Belgium. jean.steyaert@med.kuleuven.bewww.gestaltrevision.be
Jean Steyaert
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Belgium. johan.wagemans@psy.kuleuven.bewww.gestaltrevision.be Leuven Autism Research Consortium (LAuRes), University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Belgium. jean.steyaert@med.kuleuven.bewww.gestaltrevision.be
Johan Wagemans
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Belgium. kris.evers@psy.kuleuven.bewww.gestaltrevision.be Leuven Autism Research Consortium (LAuRes), University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Belgium. jean.steyaert@med.kuleuven.bewww.gestaltrevision.be
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Abstract

We outline three possible shortcomings of the SIMS model and specify these by applying the model to autism. First, the SIMS model assigns a causal role to brain processes, thereby excluding individual and situational factors. Second, there is no room for subjective and high-level conceptual processes in the model. Third, disentangling the different stages in the model is very difficult.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 445 - 446
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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