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Crippa, Alessandro; Craig, Francesco; Busti Ceccarelli, Silvia; Mauri, Maddalena; Grazioli, Silvia; Scionti, Nicoletta; Cremascoli, Alice; Ferrante, Camilla; Visioli, Chiara; Marzocchi, Gian Marco; Molteni, Massimo; Nobile, Maria – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Motor abnormalities are highly prevalent in children with autism spectrum disorder and are strongly predictive of adaptive functioning. Despite the documented sex bias in the prevalence of the disorder, the impact of sex differences on motor abnormalities has been overlooked. The goal of this study was to investigate differences in the motor…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Evaluation Methods, Psychomotor Skills
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Arfé, Barbara; Corato, Francesca; Pizzocaro, Eleonora; Merella, Anne – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Handwriting and spelling problems are often associated in dyslexia. However, the nature of their association is still unclear, and most of the existing research in this area is on deep orthographies (mainly English). The extent to which findings are applicable across languages is uncertain. This article examines the effects of script…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Spelling, Dyslexia, Learning Problems
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Piedimonte, Alessandro; Garbarini, Francesca; Rabuffetti, Marco; Pia, Lorenzo; Berti, Anna – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Movements with both hands are essential to our everyday life, and it has been shown that performing asymmetric bimanual movements produces an interference effect between hands. There have been many studies--using varying methods--investigating the development of bimanual movements that show that this skill continues to evolve during childhood and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Psychomotor Skills, Children, Young Adults