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ERIC Number: EJ1276824
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Dec
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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Early Motor Differences in Infants at Elevated Likelihood of Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Begum Ali, Jannath; Charman, Tony; Johnson, Mark H.; Jones, Emily J. H.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v50 n12 p4367-4384 Dec 2020
We investigated infant's manual motor behaviour; specifically behaviours crossing the body midline. Infants at elevated likelihood of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) produced fewer manual behaviours that cross the midline compared to infants with a typical likelihood of developing these disorders; however this effect was limited to 10-month-olds and not apparent at age 5 and 14 months. Although, midline crossing did not predict ASD traits, it was related to ADHD traits at 2 years of age. We rule out motor ability and hand dominance as possible explanations for this pattern of behaviour, positing that these results may be a consequence of multisensory integration abilities, and the neurobehavioural shift period, in the first year of life. [This article was co-written by the BASIS/STAARS Team.]
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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