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 …

Decreased connectivity and cerebellar activity in autism during motor task performance

SH Mostofsky, SK Powell, DJ Simmonds, MC Goldberg… - Brain, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Although motor deficits are common in autism, the neural correlates underlying the
disruption of even basic motor execution are unknown. Motor deficits may be some of the …

Motor abilities in autism: a review using a computational context

E Gowen, A Hamilton - Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2013 - Springer
Altered motor behaviour is commonly reported in Autism Spectrum Disorder, but the
aetiology remains unclear. Here, we have taken a computational approach in order to break …

Acquisition of internal models of motor tasks in children with autism

JC Gidley Larson, AJ Bastian, O Donchin, R Shadmehr… - Brain, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Children with autism exhibit a host of motor disorders including poor coordination, poor tool
use and delayed learning of complex motor skills like riding a tricycle. Theory suggests that …

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 …

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 …

Identifying the signature of prospective motor control in children with autism

A Cavallo, L Romeo, C Ansuini, F Battaglia, L Nobili… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Failure to develop prospective motor control has been proposed to be a core phenotypic
marker of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, whether genuine differences in …

Dyspraxia, motor function and visual–motor integration in autism

M Miller, L Chukoskie, M Zinni, J Townsend… - Behavioural brain …, 2014 - Elsevier
This project assessed dyspraxia in high-functioning school aged children with autism with a
focus on Ideational Praxis. We examined the association of specific underlying motor …

Toward the Autism Motor Signature: Gesture patterns during smart tablet gameplay identify children with autism

A Anzulewicz, K Sobota, JT Delafield-Butt - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Autism is a developmental disorder evident from infancy. Yet, its clinical identification
requires expert diagnostic training. New evidence indicates disruption to motor timing and …

Behavioral tests for mouse models of autism: an argument for the inclusion of cerebellum-controlled motor behaviors

DH Simmons, HK Titley, C Hansel, P Mason - Neuroscience, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Mouse models of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have been interrogated using a
variety of behavioral tests in order to understand the symptoms of ASD. However, the …