Sequential Pointing in Children and Adults

Development of functional synergies for speech motor coordination in childhood and adolescence

“…For example, children show dramatic improvement in digit span recall, reading, and reaction time (Kail, 2001). In visuomotor control of sequential finger pointing, Baden, Hauert, and Mounoud (2000) found large improvements in temporal and spatial parameters of the motor sequences in the 6-to 10-year period. In the present study, however, we find that in the 7-to 12-year period, children show no evidence for increased stability in oral motor coordination for speech.…”

The impact of spatio-temporal constraints on cursive letter handwriting in children

“…Later, thanks to the formation of motor programs and to the distal maturity, their movements gain speed and fluency and decrease in amplitude (Meulenbroek & Van Galen, 1988;Mojet, 1991;Zesiger, 1995). This development shares many common features with other perceptualemotor skills, such as pointing (Badan, Hauert, & Mounoud, 2000;Hay, 1978, 1979, 1984), or drawing (Van Mier, 2006.…”

Oculomotor and manual indexes of incidental and intentional spatial sequence learning during middle childhood and adolescence

“…Research on motor skill learning indicates that guiding attention to diVerent aspects of performance helps individuals diVerentially depending on whether they are novices or experts (Beilock, Carr, MacMahon, & Starkes, 2002;Gray, 2004;Wulf & Shea, 2002) and on whether the skill is simple or complex (Wulf & Shea, 2002). Children's methods of coping with increasing task diYculty on a task requiring motor skills interact with the nature and maturity of the strategies available to them (e.g., Badan, Hauert, & Mounoud, 2000). Research by Siegler (1996) on explicit strategy use during problem solving in children points to similar conclusions.…”