title: Motor anticipation failure in infants with autism: a retrospective analysis of feeding situations.
abstract: Previous studies on autism have shown a lack of motor anticipation in children and adults with autism. As part of a programme of research into early detection of autism, we focussed on an everyday situation: spoon-feeding. We hypothesize that an anticipation deficit may be found very early on by observing whether the baby opens his or her mouth in anticipation of the spoon's approach. The study is based on a retrospective analysis from family home movies. Observation of infants later diagnosed with autism or an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (n = 13) and infants with typical development (n = 14) between 4 and 6 months old show that the autism/ASD group has an early anticipation deficit.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé, Institut de Psychologie, Université Paris-Descartes, France. julie_brisson@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brisson
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Warreyn
authors.forename: Josette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Serres
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Foussier
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adrien-Louis
mesh_terms: D059031:Anticipation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000503:physiopathology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies