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Procedural learning in Developmental Coordination Disorder
Lejeune, Caroline; Catale, Corinne; Schmitz, Xavier et al.
2012In Books of Abstract: 1st Joint Meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Science & Sociedad Espanola de Psicologica Experimental
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Keywords :
developmental coordination disorder; procedural learning; motor skill
Abstract :
[en] Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a developmental disorder characterized by marked impairments in motor skills. Despite its negative impact on daily activities and on cognitive and academic performance, the mechanisms underlying DCD remain largely unknown. The aim of our study was to investigate the hypothesis of a motor procedural learning impairment in DCD, which would explain difficulties in motor learning and automation of novel motor skills in these children. A total of 32 children (16 with DCD and 16 typically developing [TD] children) aged between 6 and 12 years old participated in this study. Children were administered a task adapted from the traditional shapes’ mirror-tracing task. Results showed that DCD children were able to learn the skill as fast as TD children; the learning pattern of DCD and TD children in motor procedural learning is similar. But is there any generalization of a new perceptual-motor skill in DCD children? Actually, DCD children were slower during the transfer task (triangle task) than TD children; the transfer task was more difficult for the DCD children than their peers. DCD children and TD children differ in their abilities to generalize the motor schema to a new task, more complex. These results confirm the hypothesis of a motor procedural learning impairment in DCD.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Lejeune, Caroline ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Neuropsychologie
Catale, Corinne ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement
Schmitz, Xavier ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Neuropsychologie
Lambert, Mandy
Meulemans, Thierry ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Services généraux (Fac. de psycho. et des sc. de l'éducat.) > Doyen de la Faculté de Psychologie et des sc. de l'éducation
Language :
English
Title :
Procedural learning in Developmental Coordination Disorder
Publication date :
11 May 2012
Event name :
BAPS-SEPEX
Event organizer :
ULg - Université de Liège
Event place :
Liège, Belgium
Event date :
du 10 mai 2012 au 11 mai 2012
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Books of Abstract: 1st Joint Meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Science & Sociedad Espanola de Psicologica Experimental
Pages :
163
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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