Not only visual and cognitive, but also motor abilities were shown to play an important role in street crossing behavior.
This study showed that low motor ability as assessed by the MABC was more prevalent in children treated for idiopathic congenital clubfoot but did not automatically relate to the clinical outcome, laterality or the amount of surgery which is commonly assumed.
A significant Condition × Time interaction was found, F 2, 1219) = 3.35, p = .035, demonstrating that only the intervention group showed an improvement in motor ability.
More than thirty children have worked with the robot, and the initial observations, presented at an assistive-technology conference in January, have shown improvements not only in motor ability but also in social skills.
These models have been tested in multiple behavioural paradigms and show deficits in tests of motor ability and in cognitive and behavioural assessments [ 5, 9– 16].
11 Studies have shown that acupuncture could improve poststroke motor ability.
The study showed a significant placebo effect, though the motor ability of the patients who actually got the fetal implants improved even more.
Pharmacological studies have shown that regular oral B401 treatment could significantly improve life expectancy, motor ability, and maintain body weight retention in R6/2 mice.
While they can survive, heterozygous Glut3-deficient mice show brain developmental characteristics seen in autism spectrum disorders such as abnormal cognitive flexibility with intact motor ability, perturbed social behavior with reduced vocalization and stereotypies, and seizures [ 42].
These researchers showed that maximal responding was about equal for SHR and Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY, which typically serves as control strain), suggesting that superior motor ability alone cannot explain hyperactivity in the SHR.
