TY - JOUR T1 - Attention disengagement in children with developmental coordination disorder. AU - Wilmut,Kate, AU - Brown,Janice H, AU - Wann,John P, PY - 2007/3/17/pubmed PY - 2007/4/11/medline PY - 2007/3/17/entrez SP - 47 EP - 55 JF - Disability and rehabilitation JO - Disabil Rehabil VL - 29 IS - 1 N2 - PURPOSE: Previous research has shown that children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have poorly developed strategies for allocating attention. This study examines the allocation of attention and integration of visuo-spatial and motor systems in children with DCD in a motor (look+hit condition) and a motor-free (look condition) task. METHOD: Three groups of control children were used to compare the performance of a group of children with DCD. Children were seated in front of a central fixation point and six peripheral targets, and were asked to look at or hit targets when illuminated. Saccade/hand movement latencies were measured on gap trials (gap between fixation offset and target onset) and overlap trials (fixation offset and target onset overlapped). RESULTS: DCD children were not slower than controls to disengage attention during the look condition. However, during the look+hit condition the DCD children showed a prolonged disengagement period, which was also seen in younger control children. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that DCD children may have deficits in the allocation of attention for action, in both the speed of onset of a movement and the accuracy of the movement. It is concluded that attention disengagement may contribute to problems of visuo-motor integration in DCD. SN - 0963-8288 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/17364756/Attention_disengagement_in_children_with_developmental_coordination_disorder_ L2 - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09638280600947765 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -