Implicit motor learning in children with autism spectrum disorder: current approaches and future directions
Motor dysfunction is increasingly being viewed as a core characteristic of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children. In particular, children with ASD have difficulty in learning new motor skills and there is a need to develop effective methods to improve this. Previous research has found that chil...
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| description | Motor dysfunction is increasingly being viewed as a core characteristic of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children. In particular, children with ASD have difficulty in learning new motor skills and there is a need to develop effective methods to improve this. Previous research has found that children with ASD may retain the ability to implicitly learn motor skills in comparison to their explicit learning of motor skills, which is typically impaired. This literature mini review focuses on summarizing the study of implicit learning in the acquisition of motor skills in children with ASD. First, we briefly introduce several common implicit learning methods in children’s motor skill learning. Second, we focus on the role of two important implicit learning approaches in motor skill learning, namely, an external focus of attention and analogy learning. Finally, based on our review of the existing studies, we present an outlook for future research and the areas that need to be improved in the practical teaching of implicit learning in the acquisition of motor skills in children with ASD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d42e5e8a6bc647c3a87ec56cba8b13d02024-04-05T04:27:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402024-04-011510.3389/fpsyt.2024.12531991253199Implicit motor learning in children with autism spectrum disorder: current approaches and future directionsWeiqi ZhengMotor dysfunction is increasingly being viewed as a core characteristic of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children. In particular, children with ASD have difficulty in learning new motor skills and there is a need to develop effective methods to improve this. Previous research has found that children with ASD may retain the ability to implicitly learn motor skills in comparison to their explicit learning of motor skills, which is typically impaired. This literature mini review focuses on summarizing the study of implicit learning in the acquisition of motor skills in children with ASD. First, we briefly introduce several common implicit learning methods in children’s motor skill learning. Second, we focus on the role of two important implicit learning approaches in motor skill learning, namely, an external focus of attention and analogy learning. Finally, based on our review of the existing studies, we present an outlook for future research and the areas that need to be improved in the practical teaching of implicit learning in the acquisition of motor skills in children with ASD.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1253199/fullimplicit motor learninganalogy learningfocus of attentionautism spectrum disorderchildren |
| spellingShingle | Weiqi Zheng Implicit motor learning in children with autism spectrum disorder: current approaches and future directions Frontiers in Psychiatry implicit motor learning analogy learning focus of attention autism spectrum disorder children |
| title | Implicit motor learning in children with autism spectrum disorder: current approaches and future directions |
| title_full | Implicit motor learning in children with autism spectrum disorder: current approaches and future directions |
| title_fullStr | Implicit motor learning in children with autism spectrum disorder: current approaches and future directions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implicit motor learning in children with autism spectrum disorder: current approaches and future directions |
| title_short | Implicit motor learning in children with autism spectrum disorder: current approaches and future directions |
| title_sort | implicit motor learning in children with autism spectrum disorder current approaches and future directions |
| topic | implicit motor learning analogy learning focus of attention autism spectrum disorder children |
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