Covert orienting of visuospatial attention in children with developmental coordination disorder

摘要: It is still unclear whether impairments in visuospatial processing children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) are a consequence of their motor deficits or independent them. In two experiments, 20 DCD and matched controls were tested on the covert orienting attention task (COVAT). Experiment 1 used COVAT peripheral cues an 80% probability that targets would appear at cued location. While results suggested deficit disengage operation for group, they difficult to reconcile models past research. 2 subjects new versions COVAT: first no information (exogenous mode), second central location (endogenous mode). The group displayed attentional only endogenous mode. These suggest control DCD.