> Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) also have difficulty synchronizing their movements to a simple rhythmic stimulus, both intentionally and spontane

> Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) also have difficulty synchronizing their movements to a simple rhythmic stimulus, both intentionally and spontaneously. This led Marsh et al. to conclude that “deficiencies in perceiving and responding to the rhythms of the world may have serious consequences for the ability to become adequately embedded in a social context” —a statement consistent with a later study finding that individuals with ASD were also less likely to synchronize their movements in real-world social interactions which are “seldom perfectly rhythmic but rather highly complex and unpredictable”. Going to push back a little on this. Look at some of the greatest musicians to date; they're on the spectrum. This reminds me of the issue of AGI, and how do we know when we've achieved AGI. Humans (esp. neurotypical humans) are limited in their capacity of perceiving, knowing, and doing. How does Turing test (a test designed by humans to assess intelligence of a system unique to and distinct from humans) validate or invalidate existence of AGI? Similarly, is a particular set of experimental conditions (designed by neurotypical humans) robust enough to measure beat perception and synchrony across the entire spectrum of ASD? Is it really that persons with ASD are inherently deficient in beat perception and synchrony? Perhaps not.