Evidence that the pattern of visuomotor sequence learning is altered in children with autism

JC Gidley Larson, SH Mostofsky - Autism Research, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Motor deficits are commonly reported in autism, with one of the most consistent findings
being impaired execution of skilled movements and gestures. Given the developmental …

Neural correlates of visuomotor learning in autism

E Sharer, D Crocetti, J Muschelli… - Journal of child …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Motor impairments are prevalent in children with autism spectrum disorder. The Serial
Reaction Time Task, a well-established visuomotor sequence learning probe, has produced …

Motor learning in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: activation in superior parietal lobule related to learning and repetitive behaviors

BG Travers, RK Kana, LG Klinger, CL Klein… - Autism …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Motor‐linked implicit learning is the learning of a sequence of movements without conscious
awareness. Although motor symptoms are frequently reported in individuals with autism …

An examination of movement kinematics in young people with high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder: further evidence for a motor planning deficit

NJ Rinehart, MA Bellgrove, BJ Tonge… - Journal of autism and …, 2006 - Springer
This paper examines upper-body movement kinematics in individuals with high-functioning
autism (HFA) and Asperger's disorder (AD). In general, the results indicate that HFA is more …

Do children with autism spectrum disorders have motor learning difficulties?

J Bo, CM Lee, A Colbert, B Shen - Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2016 - Elsevier
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by social
and communication impairments as well as a wide range of behavioral symptoms. For years …

Behavioural and neural basis of anomalous motor learning in children with autism

MK Marko, D Crocetti, T Hulst, O Donchin, R Shadmehr… - Brain, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder characterized by deficits in social and
communication skills and repetitive and stereotyped interests and behaviours. Although not …

Isolating visual and proprioceptive components of motor sequence learning in ASD

EA Sharer, SH Mostofsky, A Pascual‐Leone… - Autism …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In addition to defining impairments in social communication skills, individuals with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) also show impairments in more basic sensory and motor skills …

Fundamental movement skills and autism spectrum disorders

KL Staples, G Reid - Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2010 - Springer
Delays and deficits may both contribute to atypical development of movement skills by
children with ASD. Fundamental movement skills of 25 children with autism spectrum …

Developmental dyspraxia is not limited to imitation in children with autism spectrum disorders

SH Mostofsky, P Dubey, VK Jerath… - Journal of the …, 2006 - cambridge.org
Impaired imitation of skilled gestures is commonly reported in autism. Questions, however,
remain as to whether impaired imitation is associated with a more generalized deficit in …

Associations of postural knowledge and basic motor skill with dyspraxia in autism: implication for abnormalities in distributed connectivity and motor learning.

LR Dowell, EM Mahone, SH Mostofsky - Neuropsychology, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
Children with autism often have difficulty performing skilled movements. Praxis performance
requires basic motor skill, knowledge of representations of the movement (mediated by …