A note on motor skill acquisition in mild and moderate Down syndrome individuals
Psicol. reflex. crit
;
30: 6, 2017. graf
Article
Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
Abstract This study investigated the acquisition of a serial motor skill in individuals with Down syndrome with two levels of handicap, mild group (mean age = 14.5 years, SD = 2.3, 7 individuals) and moderate group (mean age = 15.2 years, SD = 3.2, 7 individuals). The task involved single-arm sequential movements to five. The measures to access performance were overall sequence error, reaction time, and total movement time. To evaluate action program, formation variability of sequencing and relative timing variability were considered. Although there was no clear practice effect, the results showed that the level of handicap led to different strategies to plan and control the actions. The moderate group presented a less stable action program expressed in the variability in sequencing and timing. Their longer reaction times also suggest a heavy demand on central processing in accord with the one-target advantage hypothesis and also due to memory deficits to select and plan movements.
Texte intégral:
Disponible
Indice:
LILAS (Amériques)
Sujet Principal:
Syndrome de Down
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Aptitudes motrices
Limites du sujet:
Adolescent
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Enfant
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Psicol. reflex. crit
Thème du journal:
Psychologie
Année:
2017
Type:
Article
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descriptif de projet
Pays d'affiliation:
Brésil
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
UNICID/BR
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Universidade Estadual de Londrina/BR
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Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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