Age-moderating effect in prepotent response inhibition in boys with Asperger syndrome: a 2.5 years longitudinal study.
Following our previous cross-sectional analysis, indicating age-related improvements of response inhibition in a random-motor-generation task (MPT) in adolescents with Asperger syndrome (AS), the present study reports data from a 2.5-year follow-up examination in the original sample. We found more marked improvements within the follow-up interval in younger AS children, while older AS boys as well as typically developing (TD) boys remained at a relatively constant level throughout. The current longitudinal study further substantiates the notion that AS children (on average) catch up with TD children when they grow older as regards the basic inhibition of developing routine response patterns.
['Weiss|Elisabeth M|EM|', 'Walter|Claudia|C|', 'Fink|Andreas|A|', 'Schulter|Günter|G|', 'Mittenecker|Erich|E|', 'Papousek|Ilona|I|']
D000293:Adolescent D041923:Adolescent Development D000367:Age Factors D020817:Asperger Syndrome D002648:Child D002657:Child Development D006801:Humans D007266:Inhibition, Psychological D008137:Longitudinal Studies D008297:Male D011597:Psychomotor Performance
Inhibition Longitudinal Autism spectrum disorder Cognitive flexibility Memory updating Mittenecker pointing test