Intact procedural motor sequence learning in developmental coordination disorder

[en] The purpose of the present study was to explore the possibility of a procedural learning deficit among children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). We tested 34 children aged 6–12 years with and without DCD using the serial reaction time task, in which the standard keyboard was replaced by a touch screen in order to minimize the impact of perceptuomotor coordination difficulties that characterize this disorder. The results showed that children with DCD succeed as well as control children at the procedural sequence learning task. These findings challenge the hypothesis that a procedural learning impairment underlies the difficulties of DCD children in acquiring and automatizing daily activities. We suggest that the previously reported impairment of children with DCD on the serial reaction time task is not due to a sequence learning deficit per se, but rather due to methodological factors such as the response mode used in these studies.

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

Willems, Sylvie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Services généraux (Fac. de psycho. et des sc. de l'éducat.) > Clinique psychologique et logopédique universitaire (CPLU)

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 :

Intact procedural motor sequence learning in developmental coordination disorder

Publication date :

June 2013

Journal title :

Research in Developmental Disabilities

ISSN :

0891-4222

eISSN :

1873-3379

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Elsevier Science

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