Your Therapy Source Magazine for Pediatric Therapists December 2015 | Page 7

Implicit and Explicit Motor Learning in Boys with Autism

Research in Developmental Disabilities published an article comparing implicit versus explicit
motor learning in 30 boys with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their age and IQ matched
peers. Each children participated in a serial reaction time task (SRTT). The children were
separated into different groups based on diagnosis and implicit or explicit learning for the
SRTT.
The results indicated H