Autism and exergaming: effects on repetitive behaviors and cognition
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Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that leads to impairment in social skills and delay in language development, and results in repetitive behaviors and restricted interests that impede academic and social involvement. Physical exercise has been shown to decrease repetitive behaviors in autistic children and improve cognitive function across the life-span. Exergaming combines physical and mental exercise simultaneously by linking physical activity movements to video game control and may yield better compliance with exercise. In this investigation, two pilot studies explored the potential behavioral and cognitive benefits of exergaming. In Pilot I, twelve children with autism spectrum disorders completed a control task and an acute bout of Dance Dance Revolution (DDR); in Pilot II, ten additional youths completed an acute bout of cyber cycling. Repetitive behaviors and executive function were measured before and after each activity. Repetitive behaviors significantly decreased, while performance on Digits Backwards improved following the exergaming conditions compared with the control condition. Additional research is needed to replicate these findings, and to explore the application of exergaming for the management of behavioral disturbance and to increase cognitive control in children on the autism spectrum.
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The majority of ASD studies evaluated on-task duration or simple learning tasks (n=5), except Anderson-Hanley et al. (2011), which examined executive functions.
“Indeed, the majority of the ASD studies evaluated on-task duration or simple learning tasks (n = 5), except for Anderson-Hanley et al. (2011), which examined executive functions.”
From A meta-analytic review of the efficacy of physical exercise interventions on cognition in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and ADHD (2016) · cites this paper as Anderson-Hanley et al. (2011)
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- Authors
- Anderson-Hanley, C., Tureck, & Schneiderman
- Affiliations
- Union College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tureck
- Schneiderman
- Venue
- Psychology Research and Behavior Management
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-09
- Volume
- 4
- Pages
- 129
- ISSN
- 1179-1578 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3218790
- OpenAlex
- W2087810699
- Cited by
- 208
- References
- 51
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- FWCI
- 2.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- Psychology Research and Behavior Management (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
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- Dove Medical Press (Taylor and Francis Group) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, exergames, repetitive behavior, executive function, cognitive control, Dance Dance Revolution, physical activity, children, adolescents, behavioral problems
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