Functional but Inefficient Kinesthetic Motor Imagery in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Ya-Ting; Tsou, Kuo-Su; Chen, Hao-Ling; Wong, Ching-Ching; Fan, Yang-Teng; Wu, Chien-Te
Titel	Functional but Inefficient Kinesthetic Motor Imagery in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48 (2018) 3, S.784-795 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wu, Chien-Te)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-017-3367-y
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Imagery; Kinesthetic Perception; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Autismus; Metaphorik; Kinaesthetic perception; Ästhetische Wahrnehmung
Abstract	Whether action representation in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is deficient remains controversial, as previous studies of action observation or imitation report conflicting results. Here we investigated the characteristics of action representation in adolescents with ASD through motor imagery (MI) using a hand rotation and an object rotation task. Comparable with the typically-developing group, the individuals with ASD were able to spontaneously use kinesthetic MI to perform the hand rotation task, as manifested by the significant biomechanical effects. However, the ASD group performed significantly slower only in the hand rotation task, but not in the object rotation task. The findings suggest that the adolescents with ASD showed inefficient but functional kinesthetic MI, implicating that their action representation might be preserved. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01