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  • Motor Control

Background:

  • Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is often associated with impaired internal motor representations.
  • The automatic imitation effect is believed to rely on these internal movement representations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the automatic imitation effect in children with and without DCD.
  • To compare behavioral and neural underpinnings of automatic imitation in both groups.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed automatic imitation using a finger-tapping task in 36 children with DCD and 36 controls.
  • Measured reaction times and electroencephalography (EEG) event-related potentials (ERPs).

Main Results:

  • Children with DCD exhibited significantly stronger automatic imitation effects compared to controls.
  • Delayed visual processing of body parts (N190 latency) was observed in children with DCD.
  • No differences in motor preparation (readiness potential) were found between groups.

Conclusions:

  • Findings do not support the hypothesis of impaired internal action representations in children with DCD.
  • Children with DCD do not show reduced automatic imitation.
  • Altered perceptual timing may contribute to motor control deficits in DCD.