Stins John F, Emck Claudia
Department of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Front Psychol. 2018 Jun 5;9:901. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00901. eCollection 2018.
Children with autism not only have limited social and communicative skills but also have motor abnormalities, such as poor timing and coordination of balance. Moreover, impaired gross motor skills hamper participation with peers. Balance control is interesting from a cognitive science perspective, since it involves a complex interplay between information processing, motor planning, and timing and sequencing of muscle movements. In this paper, we discuss the background of motor problems in children with autism, focusing on how posture is informed by sensory information processing. We also discuss the neurobiological basis of balance problems, and how this is related to anxiety in this group. We then discuss possible avenues for treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms, especially as regards movement-related interventions. Finally, we present a theoretical outlook and discuss whether some of the symptoms in ASD can be understood from an embodied cognition perspective.
患有自闭症的儿童不仅社交和沟通能力有限，还存在运动异常，比如平衡的时机把握和协调性较差。此外，粗大运动技能受损会妨碍与同伴的互动。从认知科学的角度来看，平衡控制很有意思，因为它涉及信息处理、运动规划以及肌肉运动的时机和顺序之间的复杂相互作用。在本文中，我们讨论自闭症儿童运动问题的背景，重点关注感觉信息处理如何影响姿势。我们还讨论平衡问题的神经生物学基础，以及这与该群体焦虑症的关系。然后，我们讨论治疗自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）症状的可能途径，特别是与运动相关的干预措施。最后，我们提出一种理论观点，并讨论是否可以从具身认知的角度理解ASD的某些症状。
