Laterality and Motor Skills in Four-Year-Olds

Tan, Lesley E.

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“…Possession of a hand-use preference, irrespective of whether it is a right or left preference, has been associated with the exhibition of more sophisticated manual skills in children and adults (Bishop, 1990;Bryden, Roy, Rohr, & Egilo, 2007;Dellatolas et al, 2003;Flowers, 1975;Kaufman, Zalma, & Kaufman, 1978;Roy, Bryden, & Cavill, 2003;Tan, 1985). Infants with stable hand-use preferences also exhibit more sophisticated sensorimotor skills than infants without stable hand-use preference (Michel, 1988;Tan, 1985). And infants that possess a broad range of manipulation styles are more likely to engage in haptic exploration faster, spend twice as much time handling objects, and demonstrate considerably more multimodal exploration than those infants with less varied manipulation actions (Eppler, 1995).…”

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Relation of stable hand‐use preferences to the development of skill for managing multiple objects from 7 to 13 months of age

Kotwica¹,

Ferre

Michel

2008

Developmental Psychobiology

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Expression of multiple object management skills (manual acquisition and storage of objects) was examined longitudinally at 7, 9, 11, and 13 months for 38 infants (19 females) whose hand use preference was either stable (consistently right or left across the ages) or nonstable (either no hand-use preference exhibited or inconsistent preference across the ages). Four separate sets of four distinctive objects each were presented singly to the infant's right and left side, with the presentation of each subsequent object contingent on the infant manipulating the previous object. Expression of multiple object management skills significantly increased with age. Infants with stable hand-use preferences produced more object acquisition and storage acts than those without a stable hand-use preference. Older infants with stable hand-use preferences exhibited more "sophisticated" sequences of multiple object management acts than those without. The role of stable hand-use preference in the development of manual skill and cognition is discussed.

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Relation of stable hand‐use preferences to the development of skill for managing multiple objects from 7 to 13 months of age

Kotwica¹,

Ferre

Michel

2008

Developmental Psychobiology

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“…Em contraste, houve muito mais canhotos apresentando dominância mista, cerca de 30%, e esta tendência foi uniforme em todas as faixas etárias; por este motivo o traço não deve ser considerado como um indicador de "imaturidade" motora ou cognitiva como alguns autores alegaram (Smirni & Zappalá, 1989;Tan, 1985). Quando a direção lateral de cada uma das 10 tarefas foi analisada, independentemente da natureza, a frequência das preferências mudou pouco em função da idade.…”

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O desenvolvimento de dominância manual e podálica em crianças destras e canhotas entre três a oito anos de idade

Martin¹,

Homci²,

Silveira³

2009

Inter. Psicol.

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RESUMOEssa pesquisa estudou padrões de desenvolvimento de dominância manual, podálica e assimetrias fenotípicas associadas, como dominância mista e a correspondência entre a mão e o pé dominante, em crianças. Pesquisas indicaram que os canhotos diferem dos destros: são mais mistos nas suas preferências manuais e apresentam uma taxa elevada de dominância podálica contralateral, particularmente para chutar bola. Investigou-se em qual faixa de idade a direção e o grau de dominância ficam estáveis; se a dominância podálica se desenvolve simultaneamente com dominância manual e a idade entre canhotos, em que os fenótipos mistos e consistentes emergiram. Crianças (N = 120) de três a oito anos de idade (60 destros e 60 canhotos) foram avaliadas em dez tarefas manuais e quatro podálicas. Em destros e canhotos a direção e o grau de dominância manual estavam estabelecidos aos três anos; em ambos os grupos dominância manual e podálica evoluíram simultaneamente estabelecendo-se na mesma idade, senão antes. Entre canhotos, nos mistos e consistentes, já estava presente aos três anos de idade. A frequência permaneceu uniforme através das demais faixas etárias. Conclui-se que o padrão de dominância neuromotor para tarefas primárias e para o ato de chutar foi invariante, sendo, provavelmente, lateralizado antes de três anos. Rcncxtcu/ejcxg: dominância manual; dominância podálica; desenvolvimento lateral; crianças jovens. ABSTRACT The Development of Handedness and Footedness in Right-and Left-HandedChildren Between the age of Three and Eight This study focused on the developmental patterns of hand and foot dominance, and associated phenotypic asymmetries, such as mixed dominance and the correspondence between handedness and footedness among young children. Research indicates that for certain lateral traits, left-handers differ from right-handers: they are more mixed in their handedness and express an elevated rate of contralateral foot dominance for ball kicking. We sought to ascertain at which age level the direction and degree of handedness begins to stabilize; and whether footedness develops concurrently with handedness, and among left-handers, at which age do mixed and consistent phenotypes appear. There were 120 children (60 dextrals and 60 sinistrals) between the ages of three and eight, all assessed on 10 handedness and four footedness tasks. Results indicated that among both dextrals and sinistrals, the direction and degree of handedness was basically established by the age of three; in both groups handedness and footedness developed simultaneously at the same age, if not before. Among lefthanders, groups of mixed and consistent phenotypes emerged at age three, and their differential frequency remained uniform at ages five and seven. It was concluded that the pattern of neuromotor dominance for primary manual tasks and for ball kicking was relatively invariante, probably lateralized prior to three-years of age. Mg{yqtfu: handedness; footedness; lateral development; young children.Tarefas unimanuais que requerem força muscu...

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“…One might ask: When young children change hands while doing a motor task, is it due to unstable handedness or due to immature motor control and/or motor planning ability? Tan (1985) examined the relation between handedness and motor competence in preschoolers. She found that boys (but not girls) were most likely not to have a clear hand preference and that children who established clear handedness early were significantly better coordinated than those who established it later or not at all.…”

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A prospective study of hand preference and language development in 18‐ to 30‐month olds: I. hand preference

Archer

Campbell

Segalowitz

1988

Developmental Neuropsychology

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Laterality and Motor Skills in Four-Year-Olds

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Relation of stable hand‐use preferences to the development of skill for managing multiple objects from 7 to 13 months of age

Relation of stable hand‐use preferences to the development of skill for managing multiple objects from 7 to 13 months of age

O desenvolvimento de dominância manual e podálica em crianças destras e canhotas entre três a oito anos de idade

A prospective study of hand preference and language development in 18‐ to 30‐month olds: I. hand preference

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