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

Brain

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 784-797

  Marko, Mollie K ^a   Crocetti, Deana ^b   Hulst, Thomas ^c   Donchin, Opher ^d   Shadmehr, Reza ^a   Mostofsky, Stewart H ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism; Cerebellum; Error sensitivity; Motor learning; Proprioception; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; LEARNING DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84935096643     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu394     Document Type: Article

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