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ERIC Number: EJ966835
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 4
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1750-9467
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Timing Deficits Are Implicated in Motor Dysfunction in Asperger's Syndrome
Price, Kelly J.; Edgell, Dorothy; Kerns, Kimberly A.
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, v6 n2 p857-860 Apr-Jun 2012
This study addressed what role movement timing irregularities have in producing the motor deficits documented in Asperger's Syndrome (AS). Participants included males with AS (n = 14) and without (n = 16), matched by age (7-23 years) and with no significant IQ differences. They completed measures of timing perception (comparisons of tempo of tones) and production (rhythmic finger tapping), and general motor skills (Dean-Woodcock Neuropsychological Battery motor tests). No central timing difficulties were noted, but the AS group showed more irregularity in motor implementation (with a large effect size), and this irregularity correlated with general motor skills.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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