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Abstract
Children with autism (mean age = 6 years) were videotaped first interacting with a parent and then with an unfamiliar researcher who imitated the child’s behaviours. The researcher showed more imitative and playful behaviours than the parents. In turn, the children showed more imitative behaviour when playing with the imitative researcher than with their parents.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the parents and children who participated in this study and the research associates who assisted us. This research was supported by a Merit Award (MH no. 46586), an NIH grant (AT no. 00370), Senior Research Scientist Awards (MH no. 00331 and AT no. 001585), and a March of Dimes Grant (no. 12‐FYO3‐48) to Tiffany Field and funding from Johnson and Johnson Pediatric Institute to the Touch Research Institute.