Representation of internal models of action in the autistic brain
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Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have deficits in motor control, imitation and social function. Does a dysfunction in the neural basis of representing internal models of action contribute to these problems? We measured patterns of generalization as children learned to control a novel tool and found that the autistic brain built a stronger than normal association between self-generated motor commands and proprioceptive feedback; furthermore, the greater the reliance on proprioception, the greater the child's impairments in social function and imitation.
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Individuals with ASD show a greater reliance on proprioceptive information.
“Individuals with ASD seem to show a greater reliance on proprioceptive information (Haswell et al., 2009; Masterton and Biederman, 1983)”
From Behavioral, Perceptual, and Neural Alterations in Sensory and Multisensory Function in Autism Spectrum Disorder (2015) · cites this paper as Haswell et al., 2009
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- Authors
- Haswell, C. C., Izawa, J., Dowell, L. R., Mostofsky, S. H., & Shadmehr, R.
- Affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Kennedy Krieger Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Shadmehr, Reza
- Venue
- Nature Neuroscience
- Published
- 2009-07-05
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 970-972
- ISSN
- 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-1726
- PMC
- PMC2740616
- OpenAlex
- W2054254449
- Cited by
- 322
- References
- 16
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- FWCI
- 7.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Autism Speaks (AS2506, AS2384, AS1739)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH085328, R01MH078160)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM007057)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (K02NS044850, R01NS037422, R01NS048527)
- National Center for Research Resources (UL1RR025005)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, proprioception, motor control, tool use, proprioceptive feedback, imitation, social function, motor learning, children
- MeSH terms
- Autistic Disorder, Brain, Child, Disability Evaluation, Feedback, Female, Humans, Imitative Behavior, Learning, Male, Models, Neurological, Motor Skills, Movement, Movement Disorders, Proprioception, Psychomotor Performance, Social Behavior Disorders
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