Auditory information is beneficial for adults with down syndrome in a continuous bimanual task

Robertson, Shannon D.; Gemmert, Arend W. A. Van; Maraj, Brian K. V.

doi:10.1016/s0001-6918(02)00034-3

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“…Specifically, when performing continuous drumming movements, the visual instruction resulted in shorter, more vertical movements than auditory and verbal instructions. These findings are not consistent with findings from previous studies and our hypothesis of an auditory instruction advantage for continuous movements (Ringenbach, Chua, Maraj, Kao & Weeks, 2002;Ringenbach et al, 2003;Robertson et al, 2002). However previous research used non-specific visual instructions (e.g., blinking light), which provided only timing information about the specific tasks (e.g., circle drawing or line drawing) but no spatial information.…”

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“…Many scientists have found that adults with Down syndrome move slower, less coordinated, and less accurately than the typical population (see Weeks, Chua & Elliott, 2000;Ringenbach, Chua, Maraj, Kao & Weeks, 2002;Robertson, Van Gemmert & Maraj, 2002;Ringenbach, Ericsson & Kao, 2003;Ringenbach & Lantero, 2005). One important difference is how they interpret visual, auditory, and verbal information into appropriate movement responses.…”

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Specific instructions are important for continuous bimanual drumming in adults with Down syndrome

Ringenbach¹,

Allen²,

Sm³

et al. 2006

Downs Syndr. Res. Pract.

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-The present study examined continuous and discrete bimanual drumming in response to different instructions in 10 adults with Down syndrome, 10 mental age-matched and 10 chronological age-matched groups. For continuous drumming, participants hit two drums with both hands at the same time following verbal (e.g., "up" and "down"), visual (e.g., video of both drumsticks moving up and down together) and auditory (e.g., sound of both drums being hit, then symbol being hit) instructions for 10 s. For discrete drumming participants hit two drums with both hands at the same time once in response to the instructions described above. In general, for all groups spatial measures showed a performance advantage when using the visual metronome in continuous tasks but no advantage with any instructions for discrete tasks.

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Specific instructions are important for continuous bimanual drumming in adults with Down syndrome

Ringenbach¹,

Allen²,

Sm³

et al. 2006

Downs Syndr. Res. Pract.

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“…Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the differences between discrete and continuous conditions in unimanual and bimanual movements. Based on our previous research in which group (e.g., DS, CA, MA) and instruction (e.g., visual, verbal, auditory) did not interact with task effector (unimanual, bimanual), we concluded that there were no differences between unimanual and bimanual continuous tasks (Ringenbach et al, 2002;Robertson et al, 2002). Thus, the audiomotor advantage for persons with DS is most likely related to the continuous nature of the task, and therefore we predicted no differences in our dependent measures between unimanual and bimanual movements.…”

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“…In general, the results from this research showed that verbal motor performance was worse (e.g., slower, more errors) than visuomotor performance in persons with DS, whereas there were no differences in comparison groups (e.g., mental age-matched [MA], chronological age-matched [CA], undifferentiated mental disability). On the other hand, research in bimanual continuous movements showed that adults with DS performed bimanual continuous movements more accurately in audiomotor (i.e., audiomotor advantage), than verbal motor (Robertson, Van Gemmert, & Maraj, 2002), or visuomotor (Ringenbach, Chua, Maraj, Kao, & Weeks, 2002 situations. These results were not consistent with the visuomotor advantage for adults with DS in unimanual discrete movements.…”

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Unimanual and Bimanual Continuous Movements Benefit From Visual Instructions in Persons With Down Syndrome

Ringenbach

Mulvey

Chen

et al. 2012

Journal of Motor Behavior

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The authors' aim was to understand how persons with Down syndrome (DS) perform different tasks and to assess if there were any differences in performance based on the type of instructions. This is important because of neurological differences in persons with DS and neurological demands for performing different types of tasks. Twenty right-handed participants with DS, 20 chronological age-matched (CA), and 20 mental age-matched (MA) performed unimanual, bimanual, discrete, and continuous drumming following visual, auditory, and verbal instructions. Overall, discrete drumming was performed with shorter movement times than continuous drumming and unimanual drumming was performed with shorter movement amplitude than bimanual drumming. With respect to instructions, persons with DS performed with smaller amplitudes, thus more efficient movements, following the visual instructions than auditory and verbal instructions for all types of tasks, whereas CA performed similarly with all instructions and MA performed with smaller amplitudes with visual instructions than auditory instructions. These results suggest that visual instruction provides the best information for people with DS to aid in performance of many different types of movements.

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“…Alguns estudos têm procurado examinar as diferenças no controle e na coordenação motora entre participantes típicos e participantes com SD. Por exemplo, Robertson et al 16 demonstraram diferenças na coordenação de um padrão de movimento específico entre estes dois grupos, com participantes com SD, utilizando menos tempo no modo de coordenação "in-phase" e mais tempo nos modos "anti-phase" e "intermediate-phase", sendo estes últimos considerados como modos menos estáveis de coordenação, do que os participantes típicos.…”

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Aprendizagem motora e síndrome de Down: efeitos da frequência relativa reduzida de conhecimento de resultados.

Chiviacowsky

Machado

Marques

et al. 2013

Rev. Bras. Cineantropom. Desempenho Hum.

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Resumo -O objetivo do presente estudo foi comparar os efeitos de duas frequências (100 e 33%) de conhecimento de resultados (CR) na aprendizagem de uma habilidade motora em indivíduos com síndrome de Down (SD). Vinte participantes com SD foram divididos, aleatoriamente, em dois grupos. O grupo 100% recebeu CR após cada tentativa, enquanto o grupo 33% recebeu CR em um terço das tentativas, ou seja, uma tentativa com CR em cada bloco de três tentativas. A tarefa consistiu em arremessar um implemento em um alvo, com a mão dominante, sem visualizar o alvo. A fase de aquisição constou de 60 tentativas de prática, enquanto a fase de retenção, realizada 48 horas após, de 10 tentativas, sem CR. Os resultados indicaram a inexistência de diferença significativa entre os grupos. Conclui-se que frequências relativas reduzidas de CR podem ser tão efetivas quanto altas frequências para a aprendizagem de habilidades motoras em adultos com SD. Palavras-chave: Arremesso; Comportamento motor; Deficiência intelectual; Feedback; Síndrome de down. Abstract -The objective of the present study was to verify the effects of two frequencies (100 and 33%) of knowledge of results (KR) on the learning of a motor skill, in individuals with Down syndrome (DS

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Auditory information is beneficial for adults with down syndrome in a continuous bimanual task

Cited by 22 publications

References 34 publications

Specific instructions are important for continuous bimanual drumming in adults with Down syndrome

Specific instructions are important for continuous bimanual drumming in adults with Down syndrome

Unimanual and Bimanual Continuous Movements Benefit From Visual Instructions in Persons With Down Syndrome

Aprendizagem motora e síndrome de Down: efeitos da frequência relativa reduzida de conhecimento de resultados.

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