Can Enactment and Motor Imagery Improve Working Memory for Instructions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Children with Intellectual Disability?

Xie, Tao; Ma, Huan; Wang, Lijuan; Du, Youwei

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“…However, not all items were relevant and the meaning of some items was modified to fit the types of studies included as detailed in Supplementary material S3 . All but one study was rated as acceptable to include apart from one ( Xie et al, 2022 , hand rotation task), but this was included due this being the first systematic review on the topic and the overall low number of articles ( Supplementary material S3 ).…”

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Motor imagery in autism: a systematic review

Gowen,

Edmonds,

Poliakoff

2024

Front. Integr. Neurosci.

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IntroductionMotor Imagery (MI) is when an individual imagines performing an action without physically executing that action and is thought to involve similar neural processes used for execution of physical movement. As motor coordination difficulties are common in autistic individuals it is possible that these may affect MI ability. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the current knowledge around MI ability in autistic individuals.MethodsA systematic search was conducted for articles published before September 2023, following PRISMA guidance. Search engines were PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Wiley Online Library and PsyArXiv. Inclusion criteria included: (a) Original peer-reviewed and pre-print publications; (b) Autistic and a non-autistic group (c) Implicit or explicit imagery tasks (d) Behavioral, neurophysiological or self-rating measures, (e) Written in the English language. Exclusion criteria were (a) Articles only about MI or autism (b) Articles where the autism data is not presented separately (c) Articles on action observation, recognition or imitation only (d) Review articles. A narrative synthesis of the evidence was conducted.ResultsSixteen studies across fourteen articles were included. Tasks were divided into implicit (unconscious) or explicit (conscious) MI. The implicit tasks used either hand (6) or body (4) rotation tasks. Explicit tasks consisted of perspective taking tasks (3), a questionnaire (1) and explicit instructions to imagine performing a movement (2). A MI strategy was apparent for the hand rotation task in autistic children, although may have been more challenging. Evidence was mixed and inconclusive for the remaining task types due to the varied range of different tasks and, measures conducted and design limitations. Further limitations included a sex bias toward males and the hand rotation task only being conducted in children.DiscussionThere is currently an incomplete understanding of MI ability in autistic individuals. The field would benefit from a battery of fully described implicit and explicit MI tasks, conducted across the same groups of autistic children and adults. Improved knowledge around MI in autistic individuals is important for understanding whether MI techniques may benefit motor coordination in some autistic people.

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Motor imagery in autism: a systematic review

Gowen,

Edmonds,

Poliakoff

2024

Front. Integr. Neurosci.

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“…Three original papers ( Xie et al, 2022 ) including 2 RCTs (Pedro score of 8/11 and 7/11 respectively) ( Hemayattalab and Movahedi, 2010 Chen et al, 2015 ) considered ad-hoc MI techniques based on modeling to support children and adolescent with ID. The age of the participants ranged from 6 to 15 years.…”

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“…Instrumental tools included the Test of Visual Perceptual Skill-third edition (TVPS-3), the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test 64-card version (WCST-64), the Stroop Color-Word Test, children’s version, and caregiver diaries with notes on observed learning progress. Only one study had positively evaluated MI intervention Chen et al (2015) and Xie et al (2022) found that only typically developing children performed better following MI intervention, while Hemayattalab and Movahedi (2010) found that MI alone was effective when compared to the group without any treatment, but less effective than those who carried out physical practice only.…”

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“…In this respect, children with ASD may take an advantage from ad hoc neurorehabilitative training also to help learning of novel motor actions. On this topic, a quasi-experimental study ( Xie et al, 2022 ) was reviewed. Unfortunately, ad-hoc exercises of mental simulation of actions failed to demonstrate any type of efficacy as stated by Xie et al (2022) .…”

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“…On this topic, a quasi-experimental study ( Xie et al, 2022 ) was reviewed. Unfortunately, ad-hoc exercises of mental simulation of actions failed to demonstrate any type of efficacy as stated by Xie et al (2022) .…”

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Motor imagery for paediatric neurorehabilitation: how much do we know? Perspectives from a systematic review

Gentile,

Rinella,

Desogus

et al. 2024

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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BackgroundMotor Imagery (MI) is a cognitive process consisting in mental simulation of body movements without executing physical actions: its clinical use has been investigated prevalently in adults with neurological disorders.ObjectivesReview of the best-available evidence on the use and efficacy of MI interventions for neurorehabilitation purposes in common and rare childhood neurological disorders.Methodssystematic literature search conducted according to PRISMA by using the Scopus, PsycArticles, Cinahl, PUBMED, Web of Science (Clarivate), EMBASE, PsychINFO, and COCHRANE databases, with levels of evidence scored by OCEBM and PEDro Scales.ResultsTwenty-two original studies were retrieved and included for the analysis; MI was the unique or complementary rehabilitative treatment in 476 individuals (aged 5 to 18 years) with 10 different neurological conditions including, cerebral palsies, stroke, coordination disorders, intellectual disabilities, brain and/or spinal cord injuries, autism, pain syndromes, and hyperactivity. The sample size ranged from single case reports to cohorts and control groups. Treatment lasted 2 days to 6 months with 1 to 24 sessions. MI tasks were conventional, graded or ad-hoc. MI measurement tools included movement assessment batteries, mental chronometry tests, scales, and questionnaires, EEG, and EMG. Overall, the use of MI was stated as effective in 19/22, and uncertain in the remnant studies.ConclusionMI could be a reliable supportive/add-on (home-based) rehabilitative tool for pediatric neurorehabilitation; its clinical use, in children, is highly dependent on the complexity of MI mechanisms, which are related to the underlying neurodevelopmental disorder.

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Practice is the best of all instructors—Effects of enactment encoding and episodic future thinking on prospective memory performance in high‐functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder

Faustmann,

Altgassen

2024

Autism Research

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Prospective memory (PM) is the ability to remember to carry out intended actions in the future. The present study investigated the effects of episodic future thinking (EFT) and enactment encoding (EE) on PM performance in autistic adults (ASD). A total of 72 autistic individuals and 70 controls matched for age, gender, and cognitive abilities completed a computerized version of the Dresden breakfast Task, which required participants to prepare breakfast following a set of rules and time restrictions. A two (group: ASD vs. controls) by three (encoding condition: EFT vs. EE vs. standard) between‐subjects design was applied. Participants were either instructed to engage in EFT or EE to prepare to the different tasks prior to performing the Dresden breakfast or received standard instructions. Analyses of variance were conducted. Autism‐spectrum‐disorders (ASD) participants did not differ from control participants in their PM performance, regardless of which strategy they used. Compared to the standard condition, EE but not EFT improved time‐based PM performance in all participants. This is the first study to find spared time‐based PM performance in autistic individuals. The results confirm earlier results of beneficial effects of EE on PM performance. Findings are discussed with regards to the methodology used, sample composition as well as autistic characteristics.

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Can Enactment and Motor Imagery Improve Working Memory for Instructions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Children with Intellectual Disability?

Cited by 6 publications

References 56 publications

Motor imagery in autism: a systematic review

Motor imagery in autism: a systematic review

Motor imagery for paediatric neurorehabilitation: how much do we know? Perspectives from a systematic review

Practice is the best of all instructors—Effects of enactment encoding and episodic future thinking on prospective memory performance in high‐functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder

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