ReviewPediatric neurology2021
Moving Toward Understanding Autism: Visual-Motor Integration, Imitation, and Social Skill Development.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dose-response relationship between exercise interventions and motor skills in children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- A symphony of functioning: exploring the interplay of cognition, movement, and visual demands in adolescents on the autism spectrum using mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI).Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2026Article
- Exploring the autism and functional neurological disorder association: Considerations from biopsychosocial, neuropsychological and computational models.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Review
- Anomalous Pattern of Left Hemisphere Visual Connectivity in Children With Autism: Association With Impaired Praxis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Article
- Guidelines for visual cognitive rehabilitation of visual information processing disorders (2025).International journal of ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Evaluating Computerised Assessment of Motor Imitation (CAMI) for identifying autism-specific difficulties not observed for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or neurotypical development.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2026Article
- Speed-Dependent Visual-Motor Tracking Differences in Children With Autism Relate to Core Symptoms.Annals of the Child Neurology Society · 2025Article
- A symphony of functioning: Assessing the interplay of cognition, movement, and visual processing in adolescents on the autism spectrum using mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI).Research square · 2025Article
- Survey of Child Neurologists Highlights a Missed Opportunity for Identifying and Treating Motor Impairments in Autism.Pediatric neurology · 2025Article
- Mechanisms of Altered Imitation in Autism Spectrum Disorders.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Article
- HaptiKart: An engaging videogame reveals elevated proprioceptive bias in individuals with autism spectrum disorder.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- Motor difficulties in children with neurodevelopmental conditions: a report from a cross-national study in Belgian and Italian children.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Atypical Impact of Action Effect Delay on Motor Performance in Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
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- Sensory-movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence: getting a grip on autism.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2025Article
- Hidden social and emotional competencies in autism spectrum disorders captured through the digital lens.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Focusing Attention to Improve Throwing Skills in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Exploring the Influence of Working Memory.Occupational therapy international · 2025Article
- Interceptive abilities in autism spectrum disorder: Comparing naturalistic and virtual visuomotor tasks.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2024Article
- Functional Neurological Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Complex and Potentially Significant Relationship.Brain and behavior · 2024Review
- The Experiences of Motor Skill Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Reflected through Parental Responses.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a behavioral phenotype characterized by impaired development of social-communicative skills and excessive repetitive and stereotyped behaviors. Despite high phenotypic heterogeneity in ASD, a meaningful subpopulation of children with ASD (∼90%) show significant general motor impairment. More focused studies on the nature of motor impairment in ASD reveal that children with ASD are particularly impaired on tasks such as ball catching and motor imitation that require efficient visual-motor integration (VMI). Motor computational approaches also provide evidence for VMI impairment showing that children with ASD form internal sensorimotor representations that bias proprioceptive over visual feedback. Impaired integration of visual information to form internal representations of others' and the external world may explain observed impairments on VMI tasks and motor imitation of others. Motor imitation is crucial for acquiring both social and motor skills, and impaired imitation skill may contribute to the observed core behavioral phenotype of ASD. The current review examines evidence supporting VMI impairment as a core feature of ASD that may contribute to both impaired motor imitation and social-communicative skill development. We propose that understanding the neurobiological mechanisms underlying VMI impairment in ASD may be key to discovery of therapeutics to address disability in children and adults with ASD.
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