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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 4/2013

01-04-2013 | Brief Report

Brief Report: Visuo-spatial Guidance of Movement during Gesture Imitation and Mirror Drawing in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Auteurs: Nicole M. G. Salowitz, Petra Eccarius, Jeffrey Karst, Audrey Carson, Kirsten Schohl, Sheryl Stevens, Amy Vaughan Van Hecke, Robert A. Scheidt

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 4/2013

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Abstract

Thirteen autistic and 14 typically developing children (controls) imitated hand/arm gestures and performed mirror drawing; both tasks assessed ability to reorganize the relationship between spatial goals and the motor commands needed to acquire them. During imitation, children with autism were less accurate than controls in replicating hand shape, hand orientation, and number of constituent limb movements. During shape tracing, children with autism performed accurately with direct visual feedback, but when viewing their hand in a mirror, some children with autism generated fewer errors than controls whereas others performed much worse. Large mirror drawing errors correlated with hand orientation and hand shape errors in imitation, suggesting that visuospatial information processing deficits may contribute importantly to functional motor coordination deficits in autism.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Brief Report: Visuo-spatial Guidance of Movement during Gesture Imitation and Mirror Drawing in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Auteurs
Nicole M. G. Salowitz
Petra Eccarius
Jeffrey Karst
Audrey Carson
Kirsten Schohl
Sheryl Stevens
Amy Vaughan Van Hecke
Robert A. Scheidt
Publicatiedatum
01-04-2013
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 4/2013
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1631-8

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