Reciprocity in Interaction: A Window on the First Year of Life in Autism
Figure 3
Trajectories of caregiver’s affectionate touch verses caregiver’s stimulating gestures. (a) Trajectories (from T1 to T2) of affectionate touch (b) and stimulating gestures (c). In the transition from T1 to T2, caregivers of infants with ASD compared to caregivers of TD infants show a significant reduction of affectionate touch, whereas the rate/min of stimulating gestures increases. (b), (c) Means and standard deviations (error bars). **; *.
