8/14/2019 First Neuroimaging Study Examining Motor Execution in Children With Autism Reveals Brain Activation Difference 1

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skills. Researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute have been using the study of motor skills as animportant window into the neurobiological basis of autism.

When we learn to interact with the world around us, we acquire many skills, said Dr. Mostofsky.Whether they are complex social skills or simple motor skills, they all begin with the brain responding to astimulus and learning the appropriate response. In this way, studying motor skills provides important

information about how the brain of a child with autism learns differently, and how autism affects the basicneural systems important for acquiring all skills, from tapping your toes in rhythm to recognizing emotionsin the facial expressions of others.

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