title: Perceptual deficits in clumsy children: inter- and intra-modal matching approach--a window into clumsy behavior.
abstract: This article will focus on the underlying perceptual deficits that might lead to inadequacies in motor performance in children. Two lines of enquiry have dominated the literature: visual-perceptual deficit and/or visual-motor deficits and proprioceptive deficits. The theoretical and methodological shortcomings in these approaches are discussed. Then attention is primarily directed toward the concept of inter- and intra-modal matching (sensory integration), particularly with respect to vision and proprioception, an ability deemed to underlie many real-life motor skills. Such an approach allows parallels to be drawn between behavioral manifestations of motor impairment and potential underlying neurological information-processing disorders, particularly as these relate to hemispheric competence.
authors.affiliation: Research Group for Child Development, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. hermundurs@svt.ntnu.no
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sigmundsson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011434:Proprioception / Q000502:physiology; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D020886:Somatosensory Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology