Brain idiosyncrasy during biological-motion perception is amplified in autistic individuals with intellectual impairment

Authors

• Michael Cheng, Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Colin Hawco, Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Daniel Yang, Independent Scholar (with George Washington University, USA While This Study Was Being Conducted), Washington D.C., USA.
• Hsing-Chang Ni, Department of Psychiatry, Chang, Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
• Chun-Hung Yeh, Department of Psychiatry, Chang, Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
• Jung-Chi Chang, Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
• En-Nien Tu, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
• Mei-Yun Hsu, YuNing Clinic, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Yu-Yu Wu, YuNing Clinic, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Tai-Li Chou, Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Susan Shur-Fen Gau, Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Hsiang-Yuan Lin, Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. [email protected].

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

3-25-2026

Journal

Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders

DOI

10.1186/s11689-026-09683-3

Keywords

Autism spectrum condition; Biological motion; Brain idiosyncrasy; FMRI; Heterogeneity; Intellectual impairment; Social cognition

APA Citation

Cheng, Michael; Hawco, Colin; Yang, Daniel; Ni, Hsing-Chang; Yeh, Chun-Hung; Chang, Jung-Chi; Tu, En-Nien; Hsu, Mei-Yun; Wu, Yu-Yu; Chou, Tai-Li; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen; and Lin, Hsiang-Yuan, "Brain idiosyncrasy during biological-motion perception is amplified in autistic individuals with intellectual impairment" (2026). GW Authored Works. Paper 8828.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/8828

Department

Neurology