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Development Neurocognition Disorders

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Action representation in communication disorders


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Marie MARTEL , Alice Catherine ROY

Scientific framework and objectives

Developmental disorders are often consider as standing on a continuum and it has been reported that among siblings one may be affected by autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and another by specific language impairment (SLI). Moreover ASD children are often affected by developmental coordination disorder (DCD). What does motor control tell us about communication disorders? Previously we have reported in SLI children specific motor impairment that seems to parallel their linguistic deficit (Roy et al., 2013). The next years will be devoted to examine motor disorder in ASD and DCD children to circumscribe the motor deficits specifically associated with developmental communications disorders.


  Financial support
  • Allocation doctorale ED Neurosciences et Cognition
    Body representations in action: development and plasticity in the sensory guidance of prehension
    Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche
    2013-2016

  Publications
  • Baccarini, M., Martel, M., Cardinali, L., Sillan, O., Farnè, A., Roy, A., 2014, "Tool use imagery triggers tool incorporation in the body schema", Frontiers in Psychology, 5:492, pp. [doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00492]
  • Martel, M., Cardinali, L., Jouffrais, C., Finos, L., Farnè, A., Roy, A., 2014, "Proprioception alone drives Body Schema plasticity", Cognitive Neuroscience Society 21, Boston, MA, United States, April 5-8, 2014
  • Martel, M., Sonié, S., Pirat, E., Kassaï-Koupai, B., Schmitz, C., Roy, A., 2014, "I know it's heavy but I can't make anything of it before I feel It", Annual Meeting of the International Society for Autism Research, Atlanta, GA, United States, May 14-17, 2014
  • Martel, M., Cardinali, L., Roy, A., Farnè, A., 2016, "Tool-use: an open window into body representation and its plasticity", Cognitive Neuropsychology, 33:1-2, pp. 82-101

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