title: The importance of measurement precision and behavioral homologies in evaluating the behavioral consequences of fetal-ethanol exposure: commentary on Williams and colleagues ("Sensory-motor deficits in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder assessed using a robotic virtual reality platform").
abstract: The recent study by Willams and colleagues utilized a novel robotic virtual reality measurement system to measure sensory-motor processing deficits in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). This system and the precise quantitation of distinct constituent behavioral processes may hold considerable utility and importance for the study of FASD-related motor deficits, their neural bases, and translational research efforts using homologous behavioral approaches in animal and human studies..
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychology and Neurosciences (DAH), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
authors.forename: Derek A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D063367:Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; Sensory-Motor Processes