Visual-motor Connectivity Disruption and Autism Spectrum Disorder

10th December, 2015

11 December 2015, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter, Visual Motor Skills

[Source: Biological Psychiatry via Your Therapy Source]
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Biological Psychiatry published research comparing resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans from 100 8- to 12-year-old children of which 50 had a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The results were analyzed and functional connectivity was estimated between visual and motor systems. Brain-behavior relationships were evaluated by regressing functional connectivity measures with social deficit severity, imitation, and gesture performance scores. The following results were found:
1. increased intrinsic asynchrony between visual and motor systems in children with ASD
2. children with more out-of-sync intrinsic visual-motor activity displayed more severe autistic traits
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