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

• Published in: Journal 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
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 01.01.2018
• Subjects: 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

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...