Age-dependent Relationship Between Socio-adaptability and Motor Coordination in High Functioning Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abnormal perceptual-motor coordination is hypothesized here to be involved in social deficits of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To test this hypothesis, high functioning children with ASD and typical controls, similar in age as well as verbal and perceptive performance, performed perceptual-motor c...

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Published inJournal of autism and developmental disorders Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 209 - 224
Main Authors Kostrubiec, Viviane, Huys, Raoul, Jas, Brunhilde, Kruck, Jeanne
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Springer Verlag 01.01.2018
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Human health and pathology
Life Sciences
Neurons and Cognition
Pediatrics
Psychiatrics and mental health
Psychology and behavior
Autism
Relative phase
Social competence
Approximate entropy
Coordination dynamics
coordination
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Summary:Abnormal perceptual-motor coordination is hypothesized here to be involved in social deficits of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To test this hypothesis, high functioning children with ASD and typical controls, similar in age as well as verbal and perceptive performance, performed perceptual-motor coordination tasks and several social competence tests. Spontaneous coordination, and intentionally required in-phase and anti-phase were examined. The oscillation kinematics, as well as the accuracy and stability of spontaneous coordination were similar in both groups. In intentional coordination, ASD children produced less accurate, less stable and less complex relative phases than the control group, and in-phase and anti-phase performances that were similar in accuracy, stability, and complexity. An age-dependent relationship between socio-adaptability and coordination skills suggested these skills develop together.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-017-3326-7