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2017-12-04

2017

Skourti Vasileia

Γαλανάκη Ευαγγελία, καθηγήτρια Π.Τ.Δ.Ε. Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών
Σιδερίδης Γεώργιος, αναπληρωτής καθηγητής Π.Τ.Δ.Ε. Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών
Αντωνίου Φωτεινή, επίκουρη καθηγήτρια Φ.Π.Ψ. Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών

Κυριοχειρία σε παιδιά με Διαταραχές Αυτιστικού Φάσματος: μελέτη με τη χρήση της Δοκιμασίας Μετακίνησης Πασσάλων

Greek

Handedness in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: a study with the use of the Peg-moving test

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) have been associated with atypical handedness and poor language skills. Most studies focus on the direction of handedness based on the hand preference, with relatively little work on degree of handedness or hand skill. The current study investigated both direction and degree evaluating relative hand skill as well as the correlation between the degree of handedness and language skills. In the present study 25 children formed the ASDs group, while 29 typically developing age-matched controls and 27 typically developing mental age-matched controls formed the control groups. The test used for the assessment of the handedness direction and degree was Peg-moving test (Annett, 1985) and the LaTw I test (Tzouriadou, 2008) was used to assess language skills. Moreover, three tasks were used to evaluate Theory of Mind skills (Misailidi, 2011). The results confirm previous findings descriving atypical patterns of handedness direction in ASDs children, but no differences were found in the degree of handedness between the ASDs children and the typically developing controls. The correlation between the degree of handedness and the language skills was not statistical significant. The children with ASDs had significant lower skills in the Theory of Mind tasks than the typically developing controls. The results of the present study support the left hemisphere dysfunction theory in ASDs children.

Education

handedness, degree, hand skill, Autism Spectrum Disorder, language skills, Theory of Mind

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