Dorsal and Ventral Stream Function in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder

Dorsal stream cortical networks underpin a cluster of visuomotor, visuospatial, and visual attention functions. Sensitivity to global coherence of motion and static form is considered a signature of visual cortical processing in the dorsal stream (motion) relative to the ventral stream (form). Poore...

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Autores principales: Serena Micheletti, Fleur Corbett, Janette Atkinson, Oliver Braddick, Paola Mattei, Jessica Galli, Stefano Calza, Elisa Fazzi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:31d1f9ba34e9455082f1cb336b7bbe3a2021-11-30T19:18:18ZDorsal and Ventral Stream Function in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder1662-516110.3389/fnhum.2021.703217https://doaj.org/article/31d1f9ba34e9455082f1cb336b7bbe3a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.703217/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1662-5161Dorsal stream cortical networks underpin a cluster of visuomotor, visuospatial, and visual attention functions. Sensitivity to global coherence of motion and static form is considered a signature of visual cortical processing in the dorsal stream (motion) relative to the ventral stream (form). Poorer sensitivity to global motion compared to global static form has been found across a diverse range of neurodevelopmental disorders, suggesting a “dorsal stream vulnerability.” However, previous studies of global coherence sensitivity in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have shown conflicting findings. We examined two groups totalling 102 children with DCD (age 5–12 years), using the “Ball in the Grass” psychophysical test to compare sensitivity to global motion and global static form. Motor impairment was measured using the Movement-ABC (M-ABC). Global coherence sensitivity was compared with a typically developing control group (N = 69) in the same age range. Children with DCD showed impaired sensitivity to global motion (p = 0.002), but not global form (p = 0.695), compared to controls. Within the DCD group, motor impairment showed a significant linear relationship with global form sensitivity (p < 0.001). There was also a significant quadratic relationship between motor impairment and global motion sensitivity (p = 0.046), where poorer global motion sensitivity was only apparent with greater motor impairment. We suggest that two distinct visually related components, associated with global form and global motion sensitivity, contribute to DCD differentially over the range of severity of the disorder. Possible neural circuitry underlying these relationships is discussed.Serena MichelettiFleur CorbettJanette AtkinsonOliver BraddickPaola MatteiJessica GalliJessica GalliStefano CalzaElisa FazziElisa FazziFrontiers Media S.A.articledevelopmental coordination disordermotion sensitivityform sensitivitydorsal streamventral streamNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571ENFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol 15 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic developmental coordination disorder
motion sensitivity
form sensitivity
dorsal stream
ventral stream
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
spellingShingle developmental coordination disorder
motion sensitivity
form sensitivity
dorsal stream
ventral stream
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Serena Micheletti
Fleur Corbett
Janette Atkinson
Oliver Braddick
Paola Mattei
Jessica Galli
Jessica Galli
Stefano Calza
Elisa Fazzi
Elisa Fazzi
Dorsal and Ventral Stream Function in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder
description Dorsal stream cortical networks underpin a cluster of visuomotor, visuospatial, and visual attention functions. Sensitivity to global coherence of motion and static form is considered a signature of visual cortical processing in the dorsal stream (motion) relative to the ventral stream (form). Poorer sensitivity to global motion compared to global static form has been found across a diverse range of neurodevelopmental disorders, suggesting a “dorsal stream vulnerability.” However, previous studies of global coherence sensitivity in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have shown conflicting findings. We examined two groups totalling 102 children with DCD (age 5–12 years), using the “Ball in the Grass” psychophysical test to compare sensitivity to global motion and global static form. Motor impairment was measured using the Movement-ABC (M-ABC). Global coherence sensitivity was compared with a typically developing control group (N = 69) in the same age range. Children with DCD showed impaired sensitivity to global motion (p = 0.002), but not global form (p = 0.695), compared to controls. Within the DCD group, motor impairment showed a significant linear relationship with global form sensitivity (p < 0.001). There was also a significant quadratic relationship between motor impairment and global motion sensitivity (p = 0.046), where poorer global motion sensitivity was only apparent with greater motor impairment. We suggest that two distinct visually related components, associated with global form and global motion sensitivity, contribute to DCD differentially over the range of severity of the disorder. Possible neural circuitry underlying these relationships is discussed.
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author Serena Micheletti
Fleur Corbett
Janette Atkinson
Oliver Braddick
Paola Mattei
Jessica Galli
Jessica Galli
Stefano Calza
Elisa Fazzi
Elisa Fazzi
author_facet Serena Micheletti
Fleur Corbett
Janette Atkinson
Oliver Braddick
Paola Mattei
Jessica Galli
Jessica Galli
Stefano Calza
Elisa Fazzi
Elisa Fazzi
author_sort Serena Micheletti
title Dorsal and Ventral Stream Function in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder
title_short Dorsal and Ventral Stream Function in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder
title_full Dorsal and Ventral Stream Function in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder
title_fullStr Dorsal and Ventral Stream Function in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder
title_full_unstemmed Dorsal and Ventral Stream Function in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder
title_sort dorsal and ventral stream function in children with developmental coordination disorder
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/31d1f9ba34e9455082f1cb336b7bbe3a
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