Intact Procedural Motor Sequence Learning in Developmental Coordination Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Lejeune, Caroline; Catale, Corinne; Willems, Sylvie; Meulemans, Thierry
Titel	Intact Procedural Motor Sequence Learning in Developmental Coordination Disorder
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 34 (2013) 6, S.1974-1981 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2013.03.017
Schlagwörter	Psychomotor Skills; Reaction Time; Motor Development; Developmental Disabilities; Children; Computers; Perceptual Development; Daily Living Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychomotorische Aktivität; Reaktionsvermögen; Motorische Entwicklung; Entwicklungsstörung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Digitalrechner; Wahrnehmungsentwicklung; Alltagsfertigkeit
Abstract	The purpose of the present study was to explore the possibility of a procedural learning deficit among children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). We tested 34 children aged 6-12 years with and without DCD using the serial reaction time task, in which the standard keyboard was replaced by a touch screen in order to minimize the impact of perceptuomotor coordination difficulties that characterize this disorder. The results showed that children with DCD succeed as well as control children at the procedural sequence learning task. These findings challenge the hypothesis that a procedural learning impairment underlies the difficulties of DCD children in acquiring and automatizing daily activities. We suggest that the previously reported impairment of children with DCD on the serial reaction time task is not due to a sequence learning deficit per se, but rather due to methodological factors such as the response mode used in these studies. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10