Poster at CAN 2024

 Yeah, I have another Poster Acceptance for the College Autism Network Summit 2024 in Oct. 

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From: College Autism Network
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 2:41 PM
To: Srinivasan, Hari
Subject: College Autism Summit Submission Accepted - Poster

Dear Poster Participant:

We are pleased to inform you that your College Autism Summit submission titled 'Navigating the Near: Virtual Reality Investigations of Peripersonal Space in Autism' has been accepted.

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Best,
Amy Radochonski and Cherie Fishbaugh, Program Co-Chairs

Poster Presentation at IMRF

 

My research poster at IMRF Conference 2024, Reno, NV

Research time - Motion Tracking

 Checking out some new gadgets and tech being set up at our soon to be 'immersive VR cave" at our research lab. The optictrack glove has sensors on to track hand movements movements seen in the video when I moved my hand up and down. Will be using some of this cool tech in my research on Peri Personal Space. Still being set up so more to come.

Personal Space v PPS

[Concepts in Sensorimotor Research]

Personal space refers is a social construct - refers to the physical or psychological distance individuals prefer to maintain between themselves and others. It is the immediate area surrounding a person that they consider as their own.

Peri-personal space is a neuroscience construct to describe the area immediately surrounding the body that is within reach of the individual. It encompasses the space where individuals feel they can manipulate/reach using their limbs / body parts. 

Past research has indicated autistics as  having a very constrained PPS. 

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Peripersonal Space

Peripersonal space (PPS) is the region of space immediately surrounding the body, where sensory inputs from multiple modalities are integrated to guide actions and protect the body. In autism, alterations in PPS processing may contribute to challenges in sensory-motor integration, social interactions and spatial navigation. This area of research, which I am exploring in graduate school, holds promise for interventions at the individual level and disability accommodations at the societal level. Stay tuned for more in-depth posts on this topic.

PlainSpeak: Peripersonal space (PPS) is the space right around our bodies that helps us sense and respond to things nearby. For autistic individuals, differences in how this space is processed might explain some of the sensory and social challenges they face and how we navigate the space around us. I'm studying this in grad school and will be sharing more insights in upcoming posts.

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