Willemse, B. (Bas) (2012) Bimanual And Interpersonal Coordinated Movements In Individuals With Autism SpectrumDisorder: A Pilot Study. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
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Abstract
A well-known deficit in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a social impairment, resulting in difficulties to display a Theory of Mind, which is the ability to understand and anticipate the actions and intentions of others. Besides that, they also show a general motor deficit. However, little is known about the ability of individuals with ASD to display a Theory of Mind on a motor level. In order to gain more insight in the motor behavior of individuals with ASD, the current study applied the principles of bimanual and interpersonal coordination dynamics to a motor task. A linear sliding device was used to compare in-phase and anti-phase coordination patterns between eight individuals with ASD (M= 28.5 years) and eight typically developing controls (M = 25.3 years). The experiment included a bimanual (withinperson) condition, and in an interpersonal (between-persons) condition, where the subject had to coordinate their movements with a confederate. Coordination patterns with an inanimate object were performed as well, but these results had to be removed from the analysis. Results revealed that the ASD-group was able to perform bimanual and interpersonal coordinated movements, yet for both situations their movement patterns were significantly less accurate and stable in comparison with the control-group. An impairment to display a Theory of Mind on a motor level, or a general motor deficit, could underlie these coordination deficits, and remain to be examined in future studies. More importantly, the present study presents a novel field of motor behavior research in ASD. Future studies may further explore the characteristics of interpersonal coordination dynamics in ASD, to see if it may be a potential tool for diagnosis and treatment. Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Theory of Mind, motoric interactions, interpersonal coordination dynamics
| Item Type: | Thesis (Thesis) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Supervisors: and Hartman, dr. E. and Poel, dr. H.J. de and Center for Human Movement Sciences and Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
| Supervisor name: | Supervisor: and Lyons, dr. J.L. and Department of Kinesiology and McMaster University |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2020 10:46 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2020 10:46 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/744 |
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